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Convicted felon Martin Shkreli, who is known for raising the price of the drug Daraprim from less than $15 to $750, is trying to convince the powers that be to let him out of prison so that he can find a cure to the coronavirus pandemic that is impacting the world. The “Pharma Bro” posted an 11-page paper […]
An Illinois Walmart was hit with a wrongful-death lawsuit after two of its workers died from coronavirus complications. According to NPR, the family of 51-year-old Wando Evans is suing the retail giant for willful and wanton misconduct, reckless disregard, and gross negligence. Evans, who had worked for Walmart at their Evergreen Park location for 15 years, reportedly told a manager […]
Baltimore officials are investigating a video in which an officer appears to intentionally cough around residents of a public housing complex. The footage was posted on social media this week and shows an unidentified sergeant walking outside the Perkins Homes in East Baltimore. The woman behind the camera taunts the approaching officer, shouting: “Hey officer friendly with the cherry cheeks.” The sergeant […]
Four members of a Louisiana family died within days of each other after contracting coronavirus, local outlets reported Tuesday. The victims were 86-year-old New Orleans resident Antoinette Franklin and her three sons Herman Franklin Jr., 71, Anthony Franklin Sr., 58, and Timothy Franklin, 61. Family members told WDSU that the Franklins became ill around the same time, but it […]
Hopefully, you’re reading this article and watching the accompanying video while honoring stay-at-home guidelines. As COVID-19 containment efforts continue here in the U.S.—with Dr. Fauci and others urging Americans to take the novel coronavirus with the utmost seriousness—some of our fellow humans overseas are starting to begin their transition back into a semi-normal life. In […]
Billie Eilish let fans in on her social distancing routine in a new interview with the Telekom Electronic Beats podcast. The interview, out Tuesday, sees Eilish touching on a variety of topics ranging from her recent fostering of two puppies named after To Kill a Mockingbird characters to her evolved thoughts on the cruciality of […]
The city of Crowley, Louisiana implemented its coronavirus curfew last week, and in an effort to alert residents of when the curfew was in effect, the police department wanted to use a siren that could be easily differentiated from the identifiable sound of a police car. Little did they know at the time that their choice of siren was taken from the […]
David James, president of the Louisville Metro Council in Kentucky, has been engrossed in a long-standing battle with a group of alleged scammers who are thought to be Illinois-based, WDRB reports. James and local advocate Tara Bassett have been trying to force them out of Kentucky since last year when the group started testing people’s DNA for disease. James suspects that the global COVID-19 […]
On Monday, Lady Gaga and the advocacy organization Global Citizen announced a televised event, titled One World: Together At Home, that couples well with the $35 million they raised over the past week to combat the coronavirus. It was announced that the money will go to The World Health Organization. As for the televised event, that’ll […]
Naughty by Nature‘s “Hip Hop Hooray,” originally released back in 1992, has been given the remix treatment in the name of COVID-19 containment efforts. As you’ll recall, Rita Wilson—who tested positive for the novel coronavirus alongside husband Tom Hanks—recently shared an IG post in which she performed the song as part of her personal regimen […]
