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The Texas Department of State Health Services said Tuesday it had confirmed the first death of a person diagnosed with monkeypox in the state. As CBS News and others have since pointed out, this indeed marks the first official confirmation of a person with monkeypox having died amid an outbreak declared to be a public […]
Joe Rogan unsurprisingly voiced his support for the Republican party in the upcoming midterms during a recent episode of his podcast. Rogan, who pushed back against claims of being a “secret conservative” last month, pointed the finger at Democrats for their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “I hope there’s lessons learned in this because this is […]
The planned launch of NASA’s Artemis I uncrewed Moon mission has been scrubbed, the agency confirmed Monday morning. After speculation as to whether the expected launch would be able to continue as scheduled early Monday, NASA confirmed it would not in a statement from the launch director shared just after 8:30 a.m. ET. At the […]
In the 24 hours since President Joe Biden announced a plan to forgive $10,000 in student loan debt for those earning less than $125,000 a year, a number of conservative legislators have spoken out against the initiative. In an appearance on Newsmax TV, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said it was “completely unfair” for the government to say that a […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to sign the state’s rap lyrics bill into law after an Assembly vote. Bill AB 2799, as first reported by Billboard, was recently unanimously approved by the state Senate and was on Monday the subject of another Assembly vote which cleared the path for it to move toward being […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading infectious disease expert, who rose to household name status during the COVID-19 pandemic, has announced he plans to step down as Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden and as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The 81-year-old shared the news on Monday and confirmed he will exit both […]
Planet earth is getting very close to reaching a population of 8 billion human beings. While eight billion people sounds like a lot of fucking people, and it undeniably is, there is quite clearly some division among population-focused researchers and related experts on whether or not the rate we’ve seen in recent decades will continue. […]
Brittney Griner’s legal team has filed an appeal following her sentencing in Russian court earlier this month to nine years behind bars. As previously reported, the U.S. said back in May that Griner had been “wrongfully detained” after Russian officials found vape cartridges containing a small amount of hash oil. On Aug. 4, she was sentenced […]
An armed individual made an effort to breach the visitors area of the FBI’s Cincinnati Field Office on Thursday, an agency rep confirmed in a statement. In a public statement, the FBI said an “armed subject” attempted to breach the office’s visitor screening facility. Once an alarm was triggered and special agents responded, the individual […]
FBI agents searched Donald Trump’s home at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida on Monday. Trump confirmed the search in an aggrieved statement, claiming his residence was “under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents” after he’d allegedly been “working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies.” According to CNN, FBI agents […]
