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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has publicly denounced Donald Trump for encouraging harmful rhetoric toward her on Saturday, right on the heels of an alleged conspiracy to kidnap her. During a campaign rally in Western Michigan, Trump pushed Whitmer to ease up on economic activity restrictions that she’s instituted to curb the spread of COVID-19, which […]
Dozens of people rallied outside Disneyland on Saturday, calling on officials to reopen California amusement parks amid the pandemic. CBS affiliate KCAL reports the demonstration was attended by a mix of park-goers and laid-off Disneyland and Universal Studios employees. Both theme parks ceased operations back in March due to coronavirus concerns. Their shopping and dining areas, however, reopened over […]
Three 6 Mafia will be playing the first indoor music concert since COVID-19 forced everyone to quarantine and social distance in 2020. The concert is set to take place on Dec. 11 at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. Juicy J took to Instagram on Friday to make the announcement on behalf of the group. Tickets […]
A Texas teenager was awarded tens of thousands of dollars for developing a potential cure for COVID-19. Fourteen-year-old Anika Chebrolu, a freshman at Independence High School in Frisco, was named the winner of this year’s 3M Young Scientist Challenge and received a $25,000 award. Anika said she entered the challenge while in eighth grade with the initial intention […]
Shia LaBeouf wants to extend the playground. This is the elaborate metaphor the 34-year-old actor and writer used during a 2019 interview with MTV News’ Josh Horowitz to explain the creative catalyst and ethos behind Slauson Rec, the local theater company he co-founded in South Los Angeles with Tax Collector castmate Bobby Soto and neighborhood kingmaker […]
In its sixth week in theaters, Tenet earned just $2.1 million domestically, pushing its U.S. total to $48.3 million. The Christopher Nolan-directed film has undoubtedly felt the absence of the New York market. While 48 states have reopened their indoor movie theaters in some form, New York has remained closed since March at the behest of Governor […]
Germany has agreed to pay more than half a billion dollars to help Holocaust survivors during the global coronavirus pandemic. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany announced this week, per the Associated Press, that the new payments will be distributed to an estimated 240,000 survivors around the world. In a statement shared Tuesday, Gideon […]
Dutch physicians have recorded the first known death due to coronavirus reinfection. According to a report cited by CNN, an 89-year-old woman recently died after contracting COVID-19 for the second time. The patient was said to be immunocompromised as she was also receiving treatment for a rare type of blood cell cancer called Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia; however, experts said her immune […]
Gal Gadot isn’t apologizing for her widely criticized “Imagine” video. At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the Wonder Woman actress attempted to alleviate the public’s fear and anxiety with a star-studded cover of John Lennon‘s 1971 record “Imagine.” Celebrities like Jimmy Fallon, Zoë Kravitz, Natalie Portman, Will Ferrell, Mark Ruffalo, Maya Rudolph, Cara Delevingne, and more appeared in the […]
COVID-19 continues to be a confusing medical mystery. On Tuesday, CNBC reported that a 25-year-old Nevada man contracted the coronavirus on two separate occasions. This is the first reported case in the United States when a patient was re-infected with COVID-19 and only the fifth known case globally. To make matters more mysterious, the Washoe County resident […]
