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A massive rager went down in Los Angeles this weekend, despite officials’ warnings. According to TMZ, the party took place Friday night at Dock 52 in Marina del Rey, where a large group of revelers were seen living it up without masks or the recommended physical distance. The outlet points out the event was held in a […]
The death toll from COVID-19 in the U.S. could potentially hit nearly 300,000 by the beginning of December, researchers say. That troubling (though certainly not shocking) figure is included in a new COVID-19 forecasts report shared by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IMHE) at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine on Thursday. In the […]
An Austrian tourist has issued a heartfelt apology for breaking a few toes off of an early 19th century statue he posed with for a photo with while visiting a museum in northern Italy last week, the New York Times reports. The 200-year-old statute is of Napoleon Bonaparte’s younger sister Pauline. It’s housed in the Gypsotheca Antonio Canova museum, which is named after Italian […]
An Ohio woman recently created a scene at the Department of Motor Vehicles when she refused to put on a face covering while inside the building. Oh, and she wanted anyone she interacted with to know that she was there “accompanying her boyfriend,” who actually showed up with a mask on. According to International Business […]
Thanks in large part to the home-centered existences many have faced for a large chunk of 2020, social distancing-boosted companies like Nintendo are seeing palpable profits. In fact, per CNBC, Nintendo’s operating profits jumped 428 percent in the fiscal first quarter. All told, the longtime provider of classic gaming experiences reported an operating profit of […]
If wolfing down some hand sanitizer was on your COVID-19 to-do list, you should seriously reconsider. On Wednesday, the CDC again reminded the public of the dangers of utilizing any sort of methanol-containing hand sanitizer in an extended report shared to its website. The agency also shared a more general warning on the topic of […]
The Los Angeles mayor is cracking down on illegal house parties. On Wednesday, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced he has authorized the Department of Water and Power to shut off utilities to homes that host large gatherings, which are prohibited under coronavirus restrictions. “While we have already closed all bars and nightclubs, these large house parties have essentially become […]
I don’t know anyone who’s not battling a dark cloud these days. It’s been tough with the economic collapse, mass evictions, federal troops, and ongoing pandemic. Everyone’s feeling it—even former first lady Michelle Obama. In the latest episode of her new podcast, Obama revealed that she too has been “dealing with some form of low-grade […]
We aren’t quite at the point where we can be back at clubs and restaurants in a way that isn’t weird. But until we are, we have a lot of work to do. As we see more call-outs and calls for accountability every day, almost every industry is experiencing a reckoning. For DJs in Toronto, […]
Mars, a place we’d surely all rather be at this point, is indeed on the horizon. On Tuesday night, SpaceX celebrated a successful launch of its methane-powered Starship SN5 prototype, which can be seen in the remarkable footage below taking to the skies of Boca Chica, Texas for a short test flight or “hop.” The prototype craft, per […]
