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Deadline has learned Paramount filed a lawsuit on Monday accusing Federal Insurance Company of breach of contract after the studio allegedly failed to receive the full amount from its $100 million policy due to COVID-related production stoppages and setbacks while filming Mission: Impossible 7. “Paramount suffered significant losses and damages covered by the Policy when it was forced to suspend and […]
A Florida radio host, who referred to himself as “Mr. Anti-Vax,” has died of COVID-19 after a 3-week battle, The Guardian reports. Marc Bernier, 65, who publicly criticized coronavirus vaccination efforts, died on Saturday night, according to Volusia county sheriff Mike Chitwood. “It’s with great sadness that WNDB and Southern Stone Communications announce the passing of Marc Bernier, who informed and entertained […]
In an effort to reinstate COVID-19 travel restrictions, the European Union is set to remove the United States from its safe travel list. According to the New York Times, the E.U. Council will on Monday announce its decision to take six countries off its non-binding list: the U.S., Kosovo, Israel, Montenegro, Lebanon and North Macedonia. As a result, citizens of the aforementioned […]
The rising death toll from COVID-19 has put a serious strain on two Oregon counties—so much that officials have sought refrigerated trucks to store the bodies of deceased patients. Associated Press reports Tillamook County and Josephine County requested the trucks on Friday, as the United States experiences an alarming surge in Delta variant cases and COVID hospitalizations. The former county […]
Shortly before Kanye West hosted his Donda listening event in Chicago, organizers confirmed attendees would not be required to show proof of vaccinations or negative test results. However, the venue said it had secured over a thousand doses of the Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer vaccines for those who wished to receive a shot at the event. “Soldier Field […]
A GOP lawmaker has deleted an ill-conceived tweet that compared COVID vaccine mandates to the Holocaust. As pointed out by the Daily Beast, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky) removed the post Wednesday night, following widespread backlash. The post in question featured a meme that suggested vaccine passports were similar to the identification tattoos forced upon prisoners in concentration camps. […]
COVID-19 regulations are still becoming an increasingly controversial point of contention. Yet a new study by the AP indicates the majority of Americans are in favor of mandatory vaccines. A poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that 59 percent of remote workers support vaccine requirements in their own workplaces, compared to 47 percent of people who are currently working in […]
A Michigan man will spend years behind bar for his involvement in an alleged plot to kidnap his state’s governor. According to the New York Times, 25-year-old airline mechanic Ty Garbin was sentenced to 75 months in prison Wednesday for his role in the scheme against Democratic lawmaker Gretchen Whitmer. Garbin is the first defendant to be sentenced in the […]
While Kanye West won’t force attendees of his next Donda listening event to be vaccinated against COVID-19, fans will be able to get inoculated on-site if they choose. As reported by TMZ, a spokesperson for Chicago’s Soldier Field said they will offer more than 1,500 doses for interested attendees. The doses offered will be a split between the […]
With the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine now having received full approval from the FDA, the hope among health experts is that many of those who have thus far refused to get vaccinated will finally see the light. In fact, as Dr. Anthony Fauci explained on Monday, COVID-19 could be under much better control by the first half of […]
