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A Houston man has been sentenced to 9 years and 2 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining over $1.6 million in coronavirus Paycheck Protection Program loans, CBS News reports. Lee Price III, 30, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in September, after he sent in loan applications to two different lenders for $2.6 million. After receiving $1.6 million, he bought a Lamborghini […]
Boston Celtics player Enes Kanter, who legally changed his name to Enes Kanter Freedom, stopped by Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show after becoming a U.S. citizen on Monday. During his chat with Carlson, Mr. Freedom called on people in the U.S. to stop criticizing the country. “So, I feel like they should just, please, they should keep their mouth shut and […]
Jussie Smollett’s attorney Nenye Uche delivered opening remarks Monday as his client’s trial on felony disorderly conduct charges began earlier today. “Jussie Smollett is a real victim,” Uche said, per AP News, arguing that Abimbola “Abel” Osundairo and Olabinjo “Ola” Osundairo, the brothers who allegedly attacked the Empire actor didn’t like him, and the $3,500 check they received from Smollett was […]
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized some peculiar cargo a month ago, finding almost 4,000 bongs that had been flown into the Washington Dulles International Airport. The drug paraphernalia was brought in from China and reached the states on Oct. 2. Despite marijuana being legal in several states, a release from CBP noted that “the glass bongs […]
The Omicron COVID-19 variant has arrived in North America, after two cases were identified in Canada, NBC News reports. The two people recently traveled to Canada from Nigeria, according to Ontario health officials. “We continue to urge the federal government to take the necessary steps to mandate point-of-arrival testing for all travelers irrespective of where they’re coming […]
While evidence suggests that being vaccinated offers higher protection against COVID-19 than previously being infected, some Republican lawmakers are attempting to add exemptions to vaccine requirements for those with “natural immunity.” As CBS News reports, West Virginia, Arkansas, and now Florida are asking employers to make room for workers with “natural immunity”—those who they say have been […]
The first family kept things pretty traditional when it came to their Thanksgiving dinner. On Thursday night, the White House released President Joe Biden’s turkey day menu, which listed 10 staple food items, nearly half of which were desserts. The menu included thyme-roasted turkey, “Grandmom Jacobs’ savory stuffing,” classic turkey gravy, roasted vegetables, and cranberry relish, along with apple, […]
NASA, in the agency’s own words, is “crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid…on purpose.” On Wednesday at approximately 1:21 a.m. ET, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. But what, exactly, is DART? In short, it’s the first planetary defense test mission, the […]
Joe Exotic, who earlier this month informed his supporters that a prostate biopsy had revealed an “aggressive cancer,” has now been transferred to a federal prison in North Carolina that focuses on inmates who have special health-related needs. The Tiger King and Tiger King 2 star was moved from Federal Medical Center (FMC) Fort Worth to […]
An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act is being debated this week in the Senate that would establish an office focused on the investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), a.k.a. UFOs. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York spoke with Politico on Wednesday about the bipartisan proposal, noting that she finds it “fairly concerning” that […]
