2019

A Convincing Case For Cutting Your Pizza With Scissors

Italians do everything better, including cutting pizza with scissors. Yes, scissors. In Rome, chefs use scissors, or shears, for pizza al taglio, or “by the cut” pizza. In America, where we favor the pizza wheel, slicing pizza with scissors seems strange to pizzeria customers, but it’s actually quite utilitarian. At Italian eatery Nostrana, in Portland,

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Mindy Kaling Imagines What Michael Scott From ‘The Office’ Would Be Doing Now

Just what would Michael Scott be up to now, if the (fake) documentary crew of “The Office” was still following his every move? Mindy Kaling — who starred in, directed and produced NBC’s hit comedy— predicted on Monday’s debut episode of Lilly Singh’s “A Little Late” show that Scott (played by Steve Carell) would probably still

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Estate agents urged to tell buyers about air pollution

Image copyright Getty Images Estate agents have been urged to automatically disclose air pollution figures to home buyers. The industry trade body said providing this information should now be standard practice. “Air quality is now public information, and it will never not be again,” said Mark Hayward, chief executive of NAEA Propertymark. His comments came

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Back First 2020 Challenger to Sitting Democrat

WASHINGTON — Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez plans on Tuesday to announce her endorsement of Marie Newman, a progressive candidate seeking to oust Representative Daniel Lipinski, a conservative-leaning Illinois Democrat, marking her first move of the 2020 campaign cycle to back a primary challenger to an incumbent. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez’s high-profile support amounts to a powerful seal of

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The Cars singer Ric Ocasek died in his sleep, says family

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The star had been recovering from surgery when he died In the wake of Ric Ocasek’s death, his family have posted a statement saying The Cars star died unexpectedly but “peacefully” in his sleep. “I found him still asleep when bringing him his Sunday morning coffee,” wrote the musician’s

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