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Eversource reports that more than 9,700 customers in Connecticut and more than 15,200 customers in eastern Massachusetts are experiencing power outages as of 8 a.m. Tuesday morning. The Eversource outage map shows power outages are affecting customers statewide in Connecticut, with outages affecting 23 percent of customers in Eastford, 18 percent of customers in Hampton, and 14 percent of customers in Columbia and Union. In a statement posted yesterday, Eversource Vice President of Electric Operations Mike Hayhurst said: “Our crews are working around-the-clock shifts, restoring power as quickly and safely as possible, while following strict COVID-19 pandemic protocols and contending with difficult weather conditions....

Everspace 2 exceeded all expectations when it dropped in Early Access on PC last month. According to ROCKFISH Games, the title will remain in Early Access for at least the next year as the team continues to develop and expand on it. A part of that development was detailed in a recently released roadmap. RELATED: 9 Of The Best Sci-Fi Games, Ranked The roadmap details each phase for the remainder of 2021....

The two Merseyside teams played out a game of two halves, as both teams had chances of their own to steal the bragging rights. However, a combination of wasteful finishing and some resolute defending from both Everton and Liverpool ensured no goals were scored in the game. Liverpool started the game on the ascendency but found chances far and far between as the Toffees chose to sit back and attack on the counter....

Not every transgender person deals with their gender dysphoria in the same way. However, for many people, hormone therapy can help them feel more like themselves. For transmasculine people, this involves testosterone treatment. For transfeminine people, this usually involves a combination of testosterone blockers and estrogen treatment. Effects of Estrogen Treatment Testosterone blockers are a necessary part of estrogen treatment for transfeminine people because testosterone acts more strongly in the body than estrogen does....

Though Crumbley has already been charged with two dozen crimes, McDonald is also weighing criminal charges against the parents. “We obviously are prosecuting the shooter to the fullest extent. … There are other individuals who should be held accountable,” the prosecutor said. Crumbley’s charges for the Tuesday shooting at Oxford High School include murder, attempted murder, and terrorism, the AP reported. His parents were “the only individuals in the position to know” that he had access to a weapon to commit these crimes, McDonald told WJR-AM....

“The committee has come to a clear scientific conclusion. This is a safe and effective vaccine,” EMA executive director Emer Cooke said. “Its benefits in protecting people from COVID-19 with the associated risks of deaths and hospitalizations outweigh the possible risks.” During the press conference on Thursday, Cooke addressed the reported blood clots and said that the committee cannot yet rule out a link between the cases and the vaccine....

The Hungarian bill, which passed last week, prohibits showing LGBT issues, homosexuality and sex reassignment content to individuals under 18 in sex education programs, movies and advertisements, the Associated Press reported. Hungary’s President Janos Ader signed the law Wednesday. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, said, “it’s not about homosexuality, it’s about the kids and the parents.” The law has been described as discrimination by many outraged EU leaders. “Respect and tolerance are at the core of the European project....

The European Council of the European Union, which represents the governments of the EU’s 27 countries, opted to remove the U.S. from a Covid-19 “safe list” of countries on Monday. What Is the EU’s ‘Safe List’? The safe travel list is an agreed recommendation devised by the European Council. For a country to be on the list, it must have fewer than 75 new daily cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 people over the previous 14 days....

Italy Livorno will feature in next season’s Serie A after winning the two legged playoff final with local rivals Empoli. They join Sassuolo and Hellas Verona in gaining promotion from Serie B. After a 1-1 draw in the first leg, Paulinho’s 21st goal of the season gave them a 1-0 win to the delight of a packed Armando Picchi and a return to Serie A after an absence of two seasons....

Freiburg forward Waldschmidt skilfully turned his marker before side-footing the ball powerfully into the far corner of the net from the edge of the box to give Stefan Kuntz’s men the lead after 14 minutes of a tense Group B clash at Stadio Friuli in Udine. The strike was Waldschmidt’s fifth of the tournament but holders Germany were soon pegged back when goalkeeper Alexander Nubel fouled Sasa Kalajdzic in the box and Kevin Danso expertly rolled the ensuing spot-kick to Nubel’s right to level the score at 1-1....

Then I realized that, to me, Media Molecule is so much more than one guy who’s making a game. It’s about a group of people who love what they’re doing, and love their community. With that in mind, I tracked down co-founder Alex Evans, and Community Manager James Spafford, and sat down with them for over half an hour, to talk about games, journalism, and a littleBig bit about LittleBigPlanet 2....

Both Premier League clubs are at home for the first legs, which are set to be played on March 7, with the return games taking place a week later. Sevilla, five-time winners of the competition, are also at home first in their tie with Slavia Prague. Fellow LaLiga side Villarreal are away to Zenit first, while Valencia host more Russian opposition in Krasnodar. Serie A giants Inter will go to Eintracht Frankfurt, with Napoli welcoming Austrian champions Salzburg in the opening leg....

Between September 7 and September 13, Europe reported 323,536 new COVID-19 cases, according to the latest report Thursday from the WHO. Several European nations are imposing tighter restrictions and discussing new safety measures to be introduced to combat the recent rise, from further limits on public gatherings to local lockdowns. Fears over a second wave of the outbreak across Europe were raised as WHO Regional Director for Europe, Dr. Hans Henri P....

Till the 1996-97 reason, the prize was given based on absolute number of goals scored, with no regard to the relative strengths of each league and the number of games played. From the 1996-97 revamp, however, the award was given away on the basis of a points system. Weightages are assigned to various leagues depending on the respective league’s rankings as per UEFA coefficients. For example, La Liga has a weightage of two, which means Messi’s every league goal is worth two points, while the Dutch Eridivise weighs in at 1....

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky formally applied to join the EU just the day before, asking for fast-track admittance due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which entered its sixth day on Tuesday. Ukraine has long aspired to be a member of the EU, but its desire to be part of Western institutions, such as the EU and NATO, has put it on a collision course with Russia, which wants to retain Ukraine in its orbit....

The survey is diagnostic of the mood in Europe after President Donald Trump tested trans-Atlantic alliances over his four years in office. “Our survey showed that Europeans’ attitudes towards the United States have undergone a massive change. Majorities in key member states now think the U.S. political system is broken, that China will be more powerful than the U.S. within a decade, and that Europeans cannot rely on the U....

The video, recorded at Lewis’ Portsmouth, Ohio show on Thursday, was surfaced by attorney Ron Filipkowski and has been seen over 616,300 times. The clip is just shy of two minutes, but a much longer video of what Lewis said is available on YouTube. In the clip, Lewis addresses the Russia-Ukraine war, and suggests that people should listen to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “You know, as fed up as it sounds, maybe we should listen to what Vladimir Putin is saying....

As we begin our new year, long time Developers CCP Games has decided to reinforce this idea of reflection, by encouraging players to take a look at the recent past and all that gamers have accomplished, achieved, and endured throughout the past 12 months. The official EVE Online Twitter account shared a fun and personal method to accomplish this. RELATED: EVE Online Players Put Record-Breaking War On Hold For The Holidays...

Meyer was put on paid leave Aug. 1 — two days before preseason practice opened — while the university investigates his handling of domestic abuse allegations against fired assistant coach Zach Smith. Ohio State says it hopes to finish up the probe within the week, which would give the team a couple weeks to get used to the new normal before they open Sept. 1 against Oregon State. Coaches and players have been off-limits for interviews, so progress reports have been hard to come by....

An agreement was finally made after the Ever Given’s Japanese owner, Shoei Kisen Kaisha Ltd., reaching a settlement with canal authorities over a compensation amount following weeks of negotiations and a court standoff. Shoei Kisen Kaisha Ltd. said the ship would undergo a dive surgery in Egypt’s Mediterranean city of Port Said, before resuming the voyage and delivering the cargo aboard. For more reporting from the Associated Press, see below....