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A White House official denied Nicki Minaj’s claim that she was invited to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue after she expressed vaccine hesitancy. The official said that the White House actually offered to connect Minaj with a doctor over the phone so that she could ask questions about the vaccine, NBC News reports. “As we have with others, we offered […]
Gavin Newsom soundly defeated efforts to recall him and will remain the Governor of California, according to projections from NBC News, the Associated Press, and CNN. The Republican-backed campaign failed to garner the 50 percent of votes needed to remove Newsom from his position. Around 1.5 million Californians signed the petition that initiated the recall vote. Of the votes counted […]
COVID-19 relief payments enacted by Congress ultimately helped the country report an overall drop in poverty last year, fresh U.S. Census data shows. The official poverty rate for 2020 has been determined to be 11.4 percent, meaning a single percentage point increase from the 2019 rate of 10.5. While this marks the first increase in […]
The Los Angeles Unified public schools will now mandate that all eligible students take the COVID-19 vaccination by the time the calendar year closes. The Los Angeles Unified School Board put the matter to a vote in a special meeting, with the decision being unanimous, CNN reports. Fears of skyrocketing cases due to the delta […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is taking on social media giants with the signing of House Bill 20. The legislation, which was passed by the state Senate earlier this month, aims to crackdown on popular platforms that allegedly censor conservative viewpoints. Under the law, any web service with at least 50 million active users in the United States will […]
Three Vermont state troopers have resigned following allegations related to fake COVID-19 vaccination cards. Per a statement released by the Vermont State Police, two troopers—identified as Shawn Sommers and Raymond Witkowski—handed in their resignations on Aug. 10. The previous day, another trooper had “raised concerns with supervisors” about their conduct. Trooper David Pfindel, meanwhile, resigned […]
A leading marijuana law reform organization has shared a detailed response to a headlines-spurring study that was making the usual rounds on Tuesday morning. The study in question appeared in the Canadian Medical Association Journal this week before being featured in a CNN piece, notably under a headline informing readers that “young adult cannabis consumers [are] […]
The U.S. has now surpassed 40 million total cases of COVID-19. The latest update to a running tally from NBC News shows the nation has now recorded 40,000,070 cases (as well as 651,690 deaths) since the start of the pandemic. CNN-cited data from Johns Hopkins University, meanwhile, shows that more than four million of the total […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci has shared that Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine booster doses could be delayed from their expected roll out on the week of Sept. 20, while Pfizer’s booster appears on track for approval Speaking with CNN’s Jim Acosta, Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser revealed that the administration’s plan to share both Pfizer and Moderna booster doses simultaneously may not happen, and […]
A New Orleans 911 operator is facing arrest after she deliberately disconnected emergency calls without alerting other dispatchers, authorities say. Precious Stephens, 25, was fired from her position and is at large as of Thursday, as she potentially faces a count of malfeasance in office, after she reportedly didn’t obtain necessary information during the calls, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reports. […]
