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The coronavirus outbreak has taken over Italy with the country quarantining close to 16 million who may have come in contact with the illness. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced the closure of schools, gyms, museums, nightclubs and other establishments across the country, BBC reports. Yet, the virus has taken a stronghold in the country’s Northern and Central […]
The coronavirus has reportedly made its way into the FBI. On Friday, CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz revealed that the FBI is now dealing with its first case of the deadly virus. According to Prokupecz, an employee at a field office in San Francisco tested positive for the coronavirus. FBI has its first case of Corona. An FBI employee […]
The Chilean territory of Easter Island is home to hundreds of stone-faced structures that are believed to have been built sometime between the 13th and 16th centuries. These statues, known as “Moai,” are considered sacred among the indigenous Rapa Nui people and attract thousands of tourists every year. Sadly, however, there is now one less on the Polynesian island. According to CNN, […]
The NYPD is searching for the group of teens who viciously attacked and robbed a 15-year-old Brooklyn girl in broad daylight. Authorities say the incident occurred around 4 p.m. Thursday on the corner of Utica Avenue and Sterling Place in Crown Heights. Surveillance video shows the young girl falling to the ground as more than a dozen […]
As the novel coronavirus spreads rapidly around the world, health experts and government officials are taking drastic measures to prevent a full-blown pandemic. There are now 101,906 confirmed cases across 97 countries and territories, as the death toll rapidly approaches the 4,000 mark. Major events have been canceled, prisoners have been temporarily released, and thousands of people have been […]
The New York City Police Department announced it is investigating an unsettling video of what appears to be a coronavirus-related hate crime. The incident reportedly took place Wednesday morning on an MTA train in Brooklyn, where a passenger was filmed spraying an air freshener at an Asian commuter. Cell phone footage shows the suspect telling the victim to move; […]
Disturbing footage of a young man’s violent arrest has prompted the NYPD to launch an internal investigation. The incident occurred at around 7 p.m. Wednesday in Brooklyn, when a passerby noticed a young black man being detained by a plainclothes officer. The woman pulled out her phone and began recording, as the detainee—later identified as 20-year-old Fitzroy Gayle—repeatedly asked the […]
U.S. Marshals and deputies from the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office ended their hunt for escaped 49-year-old New Orleans jail inmate Clement Leach Jr. on Tuesday when they found him eating lunch at Sammy’s Food Service & Deli, according to NOLA.com. Authorities received a tip of Leach’s whereabouts that same day, and knew the address of the food spot because restaurant co-owner Sammy Schloegel said the U.S. Marshals dine […]
A Texas man who shared a video of him licking a carton of Blue Bell ice cream at a Walmart has been sentenced to 30 days in jail, with an additional 180 days probation over two years, NBC affiliate WTHR reports. 24-year-old D’Adrien Anderson is also obligated to finish 100 hours of community service. “As a […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren exited the 2020 presidential race on Thursday following the campaign’s poor showing on Super Tuesday. A senior campaign aide told NPR early Thursday that Warren, once discussed as a serious contender among Democrats, was dropping out. As noted by a litany of people after word of her campaign’s end started making the […]
