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After selling 600 first round tickets at $200,000 to $250,000 a seat for a flight to suborbital space, Virgin Galactic has reopened their lucrative extraterrestrial tourism trip to customers. According to CNN, tickets will now cost $450,000 for the 90-minute trip. The company announced that tickets will be going back on sale on Feb. 16 and […]
A rep for Dave Chappelle is quoted in a new report as arguing that the comedian “didn’t kill affordable housing” after recent reports focused on his involvement with an Ohio town’s decision to not move forward with a housing-related proposal. In a statement to TMZ, the rep suggested that Chappelle wasn’t aligned with the finer […]
Gary Chambers has, once again, set the internet ablaze. The Louisiana Senate candidate returned Wednesday to release another provocative campaign ad that highlights inequalities in America. The 60-second video, titled “Scars and Bars,” shows Chambers standing outside holding the U.S. flag while reciting the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence. The activist-turned-politician is then […]
The retired California nun and elementary school principal who stole over $800,000 from her school to fund her gambling habit has been sentenced to one year in federal prison, according to CBS News. 80-year-old Mary Margaret Kreuper plead guilty back in June to one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering for stealing $835,000 […]
A bill has been introduced in the New York State Assembly in an effort to prevent former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s portrait from being included in Albany’s Hall of Governors. Republican Assemblyman Doug Smith of Long Island introduced the bill, which is called the Predator Portrait Prevention Act, so Cuomo’s picture isn’t placed on the second floor of the […]
Georgia law enforcement is asking residents to turn in their exes for Valentine’s Day. The tongue-in-cheek request was issued on the Rockmart Police Department’s official Facebook page. The message, which has since garnered hundreds of likes and shares, was posted Wednesday along with a photo of a rose next to a pair of handcuffs. “Do […]
NASA announced in a press release that once the International Space Station concludes its three decades of service at the end of 2030, it will head off to greener pastures by crashing into an area known as Point Nemo in the Pacific Ocean. The Biden Administration committed late last year to extend ISS operations through 2030 before […]
A Michelle Obama biography was among the hundreds of titles that was targeted in a Texas book-banning effort. According to a formal request obtained by NBC News, a parent from Katy, Texas, asked school officials to remove Michelle Obama: Political Icon public school libraries because of its “unfair” depiction Donald Trump. The filing claimed the biography, written by Heather Schwartz, painted the former president as […]
The U.S. Army said Wednesday that soldiers who still refuse to receive the COVID-19 vaccine will be discharged, Reuters reports. “Army readiness depends on soldiers who are prepared to train, deploy, fight and win our nation’s wars,” Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said in a statement. “Unvaccinated soldiers present risk to the force and jeopardize readiness.” The […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has tested positive for COVID-19. He made the announcement in a tweet on Monday morning, adding that he’s “feeling fine” and will keep working remotely this week. He also urged everyone to “please get vaccinated and get boosted.” Trudeau is fully vaccinated and received a COVID-19 booster shot on Jan. […]
