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Residents of a North Wales village can finally breathe easy, knowing a “bloodthirsty” critter is no longer on the loose. According to the Evening Standard, the small town of Buckley spent days living in fear of Stripe—a grey squirrel named after the main antagonist in the 1984 movie Gremlins. It’s reported that the animal terrorized the village during the […]
A North Carolina teenager was rushed to the hospital with a life-threatening injury this week after his father accidentally shot him in the head. WNCT reports an unidentified police officer working for the city of Jacksonville shot his 15-year-old son on Monday. The teen was hospitalized and remained in critical condition Wednesday, according to the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office. Police […]
Italian anti-vaccine and COVID-19 skeptic radio personality Maurizio Buratti has died from the novel coronavirus after boasting about his maskless escapades. Per the Daily Beast, Buratti, who called himself a “plague spreader,” was hospitalized earlier this month, and died following COVID-19 health complications on Monday, Dec. 27. The controversial radio personality, who also goes by the […]
Barack Obama says he “wouldn’t have been president” without the “encouragement and support” of former Nevada senator Harry Reid, who died on Tuesday at the age of 82. The quote was included in Obama’s final letter to Reid, which the two-term POTUS shared publicly “in lieu of a statement” regarding his friend’s death. “When Harry […]
On Tuesday, Westchester District Attorney Miriam Rocah announced that former New York governor Andrew Cuomo will not be facing criminal charges after two women accused him of inappropriate conduct, including unwanted kissing. The DA’s office released a statement detailing their findings. The investigation concluded that they did not find enough evidence to support the claim that […]
HBO is teaming up with Succession’s executive producer Adam McKay to bring to life a limited series about the creation of the COVID-19 vaccine. The First Shots series will be based on the book The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine by Brendan Borrell. The award-winning journalist based the […]
Five anti-vaccine protesters were arrested by NYPD officers on Tuesday after they stormed a Burger King in Downtown Brooklyn and refused to leave. The protesters, none of whom were masked, were caught on video screaming at the store’s employees after they were refused service. New York City currently requires proof of COVID-19 vaccination in order to eat indoors. “If […]
A prematurely born baby who arrived at just 22 weeks in Lincoln, Nebraska has been called a miracle case. Megan Phipps, 24, shared her powerful story with Good Morning America, having given birth in June to two baby girls, one of whom passed away less than two weeks after arrival. Phipps has a double uterus, a rarity that […]
Requiring vaccines for domestic air travel is something that should be made the subject of serious consideration, per President Biden’s chief medical advisor. During an MSNBC interview on Monday, Dr. Anthony Fauci—Biden’s medical advisor and the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases—was asked about having previously signaled his support for implementing […]
A 15-year-old boy fell from a balcony to his death on a cruise ship returning to Miami this past week in what authorities suspect was a suicide. According to what the Miami-Dade Police Department told People, the unidentified teenager jumped from a high balcony on the MSC Cruise ship that had just completed a five-night trip in the Bahamas […]
