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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has overturned the state’s “safer at home” order, which was extended last month in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. According to the New York Times, the 4-3 decision was written by four of the court’s conservative justices who ruled Gov. Tony Evers’ administration had exceeded its authority by extending the stay-at-home mandate through May 26. […]
Last month, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp issued an executive order that dropped the formal driving test that had represented the final hurdle teens had to clear to acquire a license. The justification given for that was that it wasn’t possible to maintain social distancing with a driving instructor in your car. Instead, all teens had […]
If you had somehow mustered up some faith in humanity in recent weeks, here’s some footage that’ll surely dismantle all of it. Indeed, in a social media-shared clip that will at the very least have you pondering if engaging with the general public will ever again be worth the effort, a woman is seen being […]
Conspiracy theories have been floating around since coronavirus started to take hold. But, one Manchester, England woman was unknowingly tangled in this web of lies. Sarah-Louise Cooper told BuzzFeed News that her friends informed her that her pictures were being used to spread a fake story about the coronavirus pandemic on Facebook. “Every single photo is mine,” Cooper said […]
Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports reports that nine NBA superstars held a private conference call Monday where they came to an agreement that all of them would be unanimously in favor of resuming the season, if given the opportunity. Chris Paul, president of the National Basketball Players Association, arranged the call with LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Kevin […]
If movie chains are to open back up in July (which, at the moment, may be optimistic), then the first wide release film available for U.S. audiences is set to be the Russell Crowe thriller Unhinged. This is the plan for the moment. The film is currently scheduled for a July 1 release. That would […]
With misinformation running rampant and many government leaders taking public-dividing stances during the COVID-19 crisis, it can be quite a daunting task to separate fact from sheer bullshit. Just this week, for example, Dr. Anthony Fauci warned of the risk of “needless suffering and death” from a premature reopening of the country, while Trump and others continued pushing […]
Los Angeles County residents will have to observe stay-at-home orders for at least several more months, officials announced Tuesday. According to the Los Angeles Times, county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer announced the move during a Board Supervisors Meeting, just days after the county began loosening its coronavirus lockdown restrictions. The director reportedly said the order will “with all certainty” remain […]
Though South Korea appeared to have gained control of the coronavirus, one man’s night out might have set the country back. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) confirmed 102 new cases of coronavirus as of Tuesday afternoon, The Korea Herald reports. The new cluster of cases has been traced back to one man who visited multiple […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading voice of reason on COVID-19 and thus a consistent target of Trump-related ire, is making sure the U.S. is aware of his stance regarding hasty pushes toward reopening. Sheryl Gay Stolberg of the New York Times reported late Monday that Dr. Fauci had relayed his message via e-mail, noting that […]
