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A beloved flight attendant for American Airlines has passed away after contracting coronavirus. Paul Frishkorn, a Philadelphia-based flight attendant and union representative died this week, CNN reports. While the cause of death hasn’t yet been revealed, according to the outlet, his voicemail greeting said that he was “very ill” and waiting to hear if he had COVID-19. […]
While Italy has been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, one 101-year-old man has made a miraculous recovery from the virus. Known only as Mr. P, CNN reports the elderly man was admitted to a hospital Rimini, Italy last week after he tested positive for the coronavirus. While older people are more vulnerable to the virus, […]
Rihanna is among those specifically shouted out by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for helping with COVID-19 containment efforts. Late Thursday afternoon, Cuomo thanked the recent PARTYNEXTDOOR collaborator for donating personal protective equipment (PPE) to the state. PPE is an umbrella term for a number of exposure-minimizing wearables that potentially includes gloves, safety glasses, respirators, body […]
R. Kelly filed a motion through his attorney Steven Greenberg on Thursday asking for his release from the Chicago Metropolitan Correctional Center on bond as he awaits his next trial later this year, claiming that he cannot remain at Chicago MCC, especially since he is “within the group of people the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has categorized as most-at-risk for contracting […]
The United States hit an unsettling milestone on Thursday, becoming the country with the most confirmed cases of coronavirus. According to the Johns Hopkins University dash board, more than 83,000 people in the U.S. have been infected with the deadly disease. China—where the outbreak began in late 2019—is currently at 81,782 confirmed cases, while Italy is at 80,589. President Donald Trump was questioned […]
Like many of you, Stephen Curry has a lot of questions about the novel coronavirus that continues to devastate countries around the world. So, in an effort to get all the facts and spread important information, the NBA star conducted an interview with one of the nation’s leading health experts: Dr. Anthony Stephen Fauci, a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. Curry […]
Attorneys for Lori Loughlin and husband Mossimo Giannulli are seeking to have the college bribery case against their clients tossed out. In a statement cited by Deadline late Wednesday, Latham & Watkins attorneys criticized the government’s handling of the case, using that as their reasoning for demanding the dismissal. “The extraordinary government misconduct presented in […]
A man suspected of planning to car bomb a hospital amid the COVID-19 pandemic died earlier this week following a confrontation with FBI agents. According to ABC News, Timothy R. Wilson of Missouri was allegedly meeting up with agents, who were undercover, to purchase an explosive device. The 36-year-old Wilson was reportedly armed during the incident, which […]
The economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic has been severe and far-reaching—particularly for those who work in the service industry or gig economy. Business closures and massive layoffs have understandably left many Americans with extra anxiety, as they worry about paying rent, buying food, and generally surviving the crisis without a stable income. Thankfully for some Taylor Swift fans, […]
New York City has become an epicenter in the COVID-19 pandemic, with local officials now tallying 17,856 confirmed cases and 199 deaths across all boroughs. Mayor Bill de Blasio warned that this number is expected to significantly increase within the upcoming months, as about half of all NYC residents—approximately 4 million individuals—are projected to contract the disease at some point during […]
