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Ontario has the largest stockpile of COVID-19 vaccines in Canada, with 1.4 million doses currently unused. The numbers come from Canada’s Minister of Health Patty Hajdu, who tweeted stats on how many doses have been delivered and how many have been used as of April 5. Many Ontarians have expressed disappointment in this in conjunction with the province’s seemingly […]
Netflix premiered the Will Smith-hosted Amend: The Fight for America this past February. The six-part docuseries sheds light on the importance of the 14th Amendment, which guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.” The series explores how the amendment impacted the Black community, while also telling the stories of influential historical figures. Complex Climate, […]
A new study shows that as many as a third of COVID-19 survivors suffer a neurological or psychiatric disorder within six months. The study, published in the Lancet Psychiatry journal this week, pulled data (in part) from the electronic health records of 236,379 patients who had a COVID-19 diagnosis. As researchers explained when discussing their results, […]
Violent crimes against Asian Americans have dramatically surged over the past year, particularly in metropolitan areas like San Francisco and New York City. The disturbing incidents have understandably ignited fear throughout the nation, so much so that many AAPIs have been hesitant to take public transportation, fearing they may be targeted in a racist or xenophobic attack. “Last […]
NASA is investigating a string of “Marsquakes” that have been detected on the Red Planet, in the hopes that they could provide info about potential surface landslides or underground volcanos. The tremors were detected by the space agency’s InSight lander, which touched down on our planetary neighbor back in November 2018. Insight’s purpose is to learn more about […]
A man who is suspected of stealing paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Frans Hals is now behind bars. According to New York Times, Dutch authorities arrested the 58-year-old unidentified man Tuesday morning at his home in Baarn, Netherlands. The suspect is accused of stealing Van Gogh’s “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring” from the Singer Laren museum during an […]
On Tuesday, Zachary Horwitz, a small-time actor, was arrested in Los Angeles for his alleged involvement in a massive Ponzi scheme, according to The LA Times. Authorities say that the 34-year-old Horwitz defrauded investors out of $227 million by peddling fake licensing deals with HBO, Netflix, and others. Horwitz has appeared in films using the name […]
Heinz confirmed to USA TODAY on Tuesday that the company will expand its efforts to address an unlikely byproduct of the COVID-19 pandemic that has impacted restaurants and fast food chains across the United States: a ketchup packet shortage. Manufacturing lines will be increased by about 25 percent to produce more than 12 billion packets a year. In […]
A longtime fan (and now enemy) of Diet Coke, former President Donald Trump was spotted this week with what appears to be a bottle of the beverage, just days after encouraging his supporters to boycott the company. The boycott comes after Coca-Cola Company CEO James Quincey said that he doesn’t support legislation in Georgia that “makes it harder for […]
Back in March, President Biden announced that he had directed states and regions in the U.S. to make all adults vaccine-eligible by the beginning of May. Now, that pivotal date is being moved up nearly two weeks. On Tuesday, the Associated Press cited an anonymous White House official as having confirmed that Biden would soon announce […]
