No longer a background player when you pause a show or leave the room, the Roku City screensaver has morphed into its own civilization. On Thursday, the streaming company introduced a new way to lure its customers into the display with See You in Roku, which brings you into its world through films and a few interactive features.There are six short movies all about Roku that take you to various parts of the imaginary locale, including Mount Roku, a pirate ship and the Isle of Roku (where an unfortunate plane crash leaves someone with a massive eye injury). Viewers can enter…

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens has brought charges against 22 suspects, including four sitting members of the Greek Parliament, several former senior public officials and political figures, as part of an investigation into an alleged organised fraud ring involving the management of agricultural funds. By contrast, the…

A quarterback has won each of the last 13 NFL MVP awards, and Adrian Peterson in 2012 remains the last non-quarterback to claim it. That math narrows the field before a single throw.  Matthew Stafford took last year’s trophy by the third-closest margin in the award’s history, edging Drake Maye…

A sudden military escalation in Yemen has shattered a fragile, informal four-year truce, threatening to expand an ongoing geopolitical conflict into the Red Sea and sever one of the world’s most vital energy arteries.Following days of heightened rhetoric, Yemen’s internationally recognised government bombed the runway at Sanaa International Airport on…

As hostilities between the United States and Iran reignite, global attention has shifted again to the immediate risks of the conflict.Across the Middle East, families have endured fear, uncertainty and violence. Communities have faced disruption, displacement and the destruction that war brings. Protecting lives must remain the immediate priority.Yet, whatever…

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Governor Mike Kehoe has signed into law the Missouri Uniform Public Expression Protection Act (“UPEPA”). The UPEPA provides Missouri with the most modern Anti-SLAPP law to prevent abusive litigation brought to silence or retaliate against somebody on account of their exercise of their free speech and related rights. Among others,…

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