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Washington Mystics star and reigning WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne told ESPN Monday that the league’s panel of physicians have denied her request to opt out of the 2020 season due to medical concerns. “The independent panel of doctors the league appointed to review high-risk cases have advised that I’m not high risk, and should be permitted to play in […]
The Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office has launched an investigation following the sharing of widely condemned footage showing an Allentown Police Department officer forcing his knee into a man’s neck to restrain him. As a regional Pennsylvania CBS outlet points out, the department claims its policy includes a ban on neck restraints and chokeholds. Its use-of-force policy, notably, was released […]
Shayne Oliver and his team are reviving Hood By Air for the 2020 moment. On Monday, Oliver and company announced a range of new projects, with Oliver explaining that the time was right due to the fact that “even now, gentrification leaves no physical spaces for new, influential ideas to exist or reside.” Hood By […]
Despite the fact that Kanye West has missed key cutoff dates for getting his name on ballots, as well as thus far eschewed practically all of the usual moves that precede a for-real POTUS run, the most ardent supporters of his non-creative pursuits are still treating #2020vision as a viable path. On Monday, friend and […]
Kyrie Irving issued a stern warning to anyone questioning his passion for the game of basketball in light of his increased focus on police and social reform, in addition to his outspoken opposition to a restart of the 2019-20 NBA season: “Don’t play with me.” Irving appeared on Instagram Live with his sister Asia on Sunday to give people a […]
Protesters are still demanding that St. Louis City Mayor Lyda Krewson resign from office, with a stand-off between demonstrators and police getting heated outside City Hall on Sunday. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that seven people were arrested and two police officers were injured on Sunday morning as police attempted to remove demonstrators from outside City Hall. Officers […]
There are few creatures in the world that are bolder than a New York City rat. Yet, the coronavirus pandemic has forced rats into a rare state for starvation and desperation that has only increased their confidence. The city’s rats usually survive on the waste that is discarded by the millions of restaurants in New […]
COVID-19 cases in Brazil are continuing to surge. On Saturday, the country recorded 1,071 new deaths, with a total of 1,839,850 confirmed cases, Reuters reports. Brazil is the world’s No. 2 coronavirus hotspot, only second to the U.S. The South American country has a total of 71,469 deaths, according to the Health Ministry. Earlier this […]
A 30-year-old man in San Antonio, Texas died on Saturday night after reportedly attending a “COVID party,” which is apparently an event where people who think the pandemic is a hoax attend with someone who had tested positive to compete to see who can “catch the virus first.” Clearly, we have reached an all-time low. ABC […]
Wayfair has categorically denied conspiracy theories that the company was allegedly using storage cabinets as a cover to traffick children. “There is, of course, no truth to these claims,” Wayfair said in a statement to Mashable. “The products in question are industrial grade cabinets that are accurately priced.” “Recognizing that the photos and descriptions provided […]
