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George Floyd was reportedly a carrying coronavirus at the time of his death. According to an autopsy report released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office, a postmortem nasal swab confirmed the 46-year-old was still infected with the disease nearly two months after he tested positive. The document states Floyd was most likely an asymptomatic carrier, as the virus […]
The nation’s second largest bank is contributing $1 billion to the fight against racial inequality. Bank of America announced the donation Tuesday, as the country continues to grapple with the economic disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. According to the bank’s press release, the $1 billion will benefit communities of color over the next four years, with […]
As a result of a new Ebola outbreak that has flared-up in the Democratic Republic of Congo, five people have died. That information was revealed on Monday by the United Nations Children’s fund, with further reports adding that there have been a total of nine cases so far. These deaths had occurred up to nearly […]
In a video posted on his Instagram on Sunday, Dennis Rodman asked people stop looting. In doing so, he acknowledged people’s anger over George Floyd‘s death (and compared it to the ’92 L.A. Riots), but said that the violent protests that have been taking place nightly for almost a week have made an already precarious time in American […]
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Saturday that all COVID-19 testing sites in the city would be closed, citing “safety worries” in wake of the ongoing protests over the death of George Floyd while in police custody, KTLA reports. When asked about his decision to order a city-wide closure of COVID-19 testing locations, as opposed to the curfew […]
Facebook has once again banned Natural News, an infamous peddler of conspiracy-focused content. But the ban wasn’t due to the outlet’s propagation of fake news—it was for alleged spam tactics. The tech giant made the move last week after discovering the outlet was using troll farms from North Macedonia and the Philippines to spread its articles, many of which included false information […]
Just when you think 2020 can’t get any more bizarre, Indian authorities have confirmed a gang of monkeys were recently on the loose with stolen coronavirus test samples. According to Reuters, the situation began earlier this week when a lab worker was attacked by a group of primates on the campus of a state-run medical college in Meerut. The technician […]
Cash Money Records founders Bryan “Birdman” Williams and Ronald “Slim” Williams have donated over $225,000 to the non-profit organization Forward Together New Orleans. Their contribution will be put towards covering rent for the month of June for hundreds of tenants living in the communities of Scattered Sites Harmony Oaks, Marrero Commons, and Guste. These housing projects were known […]
6ix9ine wants his fellow NYC rappers to walk the walk and talk the talk. On Thursday, the Brooklyn native hit up Instagram to propose a challenge to the self-proclaimed “kings of New York.” 6ix9ine began his video by pointing out how so many New York artists are quick to rep their city, but have failed to […]
Democratic Pennsylvania state legislators are claiming that Republicans kept the coronavirus diagnosis of a GOP colleague a secret from them. The Washington Post reports that Republican state Rep. Andrew Lewis confirmed on Wednesday that he tested positive for the virus on May 20, and Democrats claim he interacted with colleagues who didn’t know he might be sick. Lewis […]
