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Amazon has announced it will pay over $500 million in one-time bonuses to its front-line employees in the U.S. for working during the holiday season as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the country, Reuters reports. The company wrote in a blog post that full-time operations workers will receive $300 bonuses and part-time workers […]
The bodies of Danish mink that were culled to curb the transmission of a mutated strain of COVID-19 have started to emerge from the ground due to gas bloating. The carcasses began surfacing from their three feet graves at a military burial site in Holstebro, West Jutland, Business Insider reports. The Danish government ordered in […]
Police in Walla Walla, Washington recently busted a burglar with over 100 rolls of toilet paper in his ill-gotten haul, KHQ reports. The local sheriff’s office said they arrested a man who had been spotted stealing from a home by someone in the neighborhood. When they tracked the man down a few hours later, they found he was […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci has issued a message of calm for anyone worried that Santa Claus, who is indeed a very real person, could potentially be spreading something more than mere cheer this holiday season. Speaking with USA Today last week, Dr. Fauci assured everyone that Mr. Claus is “exempt” from pandemic concerns. “Santa is exempt […]
Los Angeles County announced Sunday that outdoor dining will be suspended for at least three weeks starting Wednesday amid an alarming spike in COVID-19 cases in California. According to KTLA, county officials warned that a halt in outdoor dining would be necessary if the five-day average number of coronavirus cases exceeded 4,000. On Sunday, that number […]
A COVID-19 vaccine will reportedly be available to some Americans as early as Dec. 11. The Huffington Post reports that pharmaceutical company Pfizer filed its application with the FDA to request approval for emergency use of its vaccine with early data revealing that the treatment is 95 percent effective. Pfizer’s application will be reviewed by an […]
In order to curb the spread of COVID-19, California has instituted a new curfew, which went into effect on Saturday night. CBS Los Angeles reports that demonstrators gathered in Huntington Beach that same night to protest the new restrictions, which require residents to stay home from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. through Dec. 21—so the […]
The United States has reached another grim coronavirus milestone. According to data published by John Hopkins University, the country officially passed 12 million COVID-19 cases on Saturday. The news comes just a day after the US recorded over 195,000 new cases and more than 1,878 fatalities, which marked the highest number of daily virus-related deaths since May. The increasing surge of new cases […]
The thoughts and prayers for R&B singer Jeremih, who was recently hospitalized amid bad bout with COVID-19, paid off. The singer’s family told TMZ that his condition has taken a turn for the better; He’s reportedly been transferred from the Intensive Care Unit to another section of the hospital where he’s on a promising road to recovery. Last week, the […]
Donald Trump‘s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has tested positive for coronavirus. A spokesperson for the 42-year-old confirmed the news in a statement to CNN, revealing Trump Jr. received his diagnosis at the beginning of the week and has remained asymptomatic while under quarantine. “Don tested positive at the start of the week and has been quarantining […]
