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Despite the academic school year coming to a close for many colleges and universities, schools still keep a tight eye on their students to combat COVID-19. Three University of Massachusetts Amherst students learned this the hard way after being suspended for attending an off-campus party without masks. USA Today cites that the three students were […]
Bill and Melinda Gates’ impending divorce has generated a lot of questions and speculation on how the split will affect their estimated $130 billion net worth. Although it’s unclear exactly how the couple intends to divide their assets, it appears the separation will have little to no impact on their children’s inheritance—mostly because they were never expected […]
It’s a wild scene at Rick Ross’ Georgia estate. According to TMZ, local law enforcement began surrounding the property Tuesday evening, after the Clayton County Sheriff’s office received a call about a man with a gun. Officers then pursued the suspect in a vehicle, which he ultimately crashed outside Ross’ home. The allegedly armed man then fled on foot, before […]
Workers are accusing a Hindu sect known as BAPS of luring them from India and forcing them to work for $1 an hour as they build a New Jersey temple. Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, which has built temples around the world, is being accused of exploiting hundreds of low-caste men, who say they’ve been confined to […]
A 23-year-old woman in Italy was accidentally given six doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday morning. She has since been discharged from the hospital after personnel monitored her for potentially adverse reactions. The patient had no underlying conditions and is said to be in “good health.” Her hospital stay lasted 24 hours. She was let […]
The United States Mint has announced that Maya Angelou and Sally Ride will be the first two women honored as part of the American Women Quarters Program, which will commemorate the accomplishments and contributions of 20 prominent woman in American history by putting them on the back of quarters, New York Times reports. Check out a mock-up of the […]
On Monday, a NASA spacecraft filled with asteroid rubble, called Osiris-REx, started its journey back to Earth. It should be here in *checks watch* roughly two-and-a-half years. Osiris-REx first got to asteroid Bennu in 2018. For two years it flew near/around it. Then it touched down and collected debris. It’s estimated to be holding somewhere between half a […]
The Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people in the United States between the ages of 12 and 15 years old, CNN reports. An advisory committee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is scheduled to meet Wednesday to review the data provided by Pfizer, […]
On Monday, a group of 44 attorneys general, made up of both Democrats and Republicans, put their signatures on a letter addressed to Mark Zuckerberg encouraging him to ax Facebook’s plan to launch a version of Instagram for kids younger than 13. The letter justifies its ask based on mental health and privacy concerns for its young users, […]
An Oklahoma school district has come under fire after two Black students were removed from their classrooms for wearing Black Lives Matter shirts, the Texoma Fox affiliate reports. On Friday, eight-year-old third-grader Ben Stapleton and his five-year-old brother spent the day in their school’s principal’s office because they were wearing BLM shirts to class. Their mother, Jordan Herbert, explained […]
