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Bill Gates, the second richest person in the world, has said that if a vaccine for COVID-19 is found that he and his foundation would put upwards of $150 million towards trying to make it as accessible and cheap as possible so it can reach all corners of the globe affected and not just the rich […]
A massive rager went down in Los Angeles this weekend, despite officials’ warnings. According to TMZ, the party took place Friday night at Dock 52 in Marina del Rey, where a large group of revelers were seen living it up without masks or the recommended physical distance. The outlet points out the event was held in a […]
Deion Sanders told us 25 years ago that it “Must Be the Money” that makes things move. But on Friday, Prime Time decided to remind today’s NFL players that the business of sports “will go on without” despite a pandemic. “All Players OPTING out in all sports PLEASE BELIEVE the game will go on without u. This is a business […]
It looks like MTV will be following in BET’s footsteps by opting out of the typical award show format. As ‘rona rages, the network announced its decision not to host its annual MTA VMA show at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. According to a report from Page Six, MTV and Barclays mutually decided that hosting a massive indoor […]
The death toll from COVID-19 in the U.S. could potentially hit nearly 300,000 by the beginning of December, researchers say. That troubling (though certainly not shocking) figure is included in a new COVID-19 forecasts report shared by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IMHE) at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine on Thursday. In the […]
The Oakland A’s and bench coach Ryan Christenson have issued an apology after he used a Nazi salute twice during a game on Thursday. “I made a mistake and will not deny it,” Christenson said in the statement, while maintaining that the gesture was unintentional. He threw up the salute at the end of the game, […]
An Ohio woman recently created a scene at the Department of Motor Vehicles when she refused to put on a face covering while inside the building. Oh, and she wanted anyone she interacted with to know that she was there “accompanying her boyfriend,” who actually showed up with a mask on. According to International Business […]
Thanks in large part to the home-centered existences many have faced for a large chunk of 2020, social distancing-boosted companies like Nintendo are seeing palpable profits. In fact, per CNBC, Nintendo’s operating profits jumped 428 percent in the fiscal first quarter. All told, the longtime provider of classic gaming experiences reported an operating profit of […]
If wolfing down some hand sanitizer was on your COVID-19 to-do list, you should seriously reconsider. On Wednesday, the CDC again reminded the public of the dangers of utilizing any sort of methanol-containing hand sanitizer in an extended report shared to its website. The agency also shared a more general warning on the topic of […]
Oakland Raiders head coach Jon Gruden is currently in the hospital after contracting COVID-19. At least, that’s what Raiders assistant coach Rich Bisaccia wanted to make his players believe when he falsely informed them of Gruden’s positive coronavirus test result over Zoom, according to NFL Media’s Mike Garafolo. “Bisaccia told them, ‘Guys, Coach Gruden has COVID, and he’s […]
