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Australia’s Queensland government has announced that it signed an agreement to return ownership of the Daintree rainforest to its indigenous owners, the New York Times reports. Daintree, which is a beloved tourist destination and is one of the world’s oldest forests, was returned to the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people. The national park sits at 160,108 […]
Police who don’t understand what edibles are and/or remain vested in full-blown propaganda of the antiquated Reefer Madness variety are at it again. The latest example began with a tweet about an upcoming 6abc report out of Pennsylvania regarding Bensalem police, namely their “warning” to parents about Halloween candy “laced with THC.” Hilariously, albeit frustratingly, […]
A jury found R. Kelly guilty of all counts in a federal racketeering and sex trafficking trial earlier this week, resulting in the singer now facing a mandatory minimum of 10 years (and up to life) in prison. Following news of the verdict, TMZ shared a short video featuring Bill Cosby spokesperson Andrew Wyatt. In the clip, […]
YouTube announced Wednesday that it will block all anti-vaccine content, including videos that spread misinformation about vaccinations unrelated to COVID-19. “We’ve steadily seen false claims about the coronavirus vaccines spill over into misinformation about vaccines in general, and we’re now at a point where it’s more important than ever to expand the work we started with COVID-19 […]
175 employees in a North Carolina hospital system have been fired after failing to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The system, Novant Health, previously made the medically sound decision to put in place mandatory vaccination for its workers. Per a CBS News report shared on Wednesday, a total of 375 employees across 15 different hospitals and 800 […]
Researchers have found that local wildlife was impacted by public urination that contained traces of drugs at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival. BBC reports dangerously high levels of cocaine and MDMA were found in the Whitelake River, which runs adjacent to the festival’s Somerset, United Kingdom location. According to researchers, the finding could hinder conservation efforts of rare European eels that are located […]
A Danish artist turned in two blank canvases—which he titled “Take the Money and Run”—after a museum commissioned him $84,000 to use in a work of art. Jens Haaning gave the works to the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg, Denmark after he was paid to recreate 2010’s “An Average Danish Annual Income” and “An Average Austrian Annual Income,” which […]
A woman has been charged in connection to the Fawn Fire in California that started last week. As she attempted to hike to Canada, the Bay Area native allegedly tried boiling water containing bear urine to make it drinkable, CNN reports. Alexandra Souverneva, 30, faces a felony arson charge with an enhancement of committing arson during a […]
A California man and woman have been charged after police discovered over 46 pounds of a powerful synthetic opioid called carfentanil in their home. Andres Jesus Morales, 30, and Christine Ponce, 27, have been hit with four felony counts each of possession of a controlled substance for sale, USA Today reports. That amount of carfentanil is extremely […]
As expected, Pfizer and BioNTech have announced the submission of data to the FDA from the Phase 2/3 trial of their COVID-19 vaccine in younger children. Earlier this month, the two companies shared positive toppling results from a trial comprised of 2,268 participants between the ages of 5 and 11. In that group, the vaccine […]
