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Former producer and Snoop Dogg collaborator Weldon Angelos received a pardon from President Donald Trump after being sentenced to 55-years in prison. Angelos was initially arrested for selling $350 worth of weed to an undercover officer with a concealed firearm and was sentenced to 55 years in prison without parole in 2004. He was among the 15 people […]
An Illinois woman was opening a package from Kohl’s when she found a COVID-19 test specimen. The Associated Press reports that Andrea Ellis had ordered flags for her grandmother’s garden from Kohl’s. She was wrapping Christmas gifts at her aunt’s house in East Moline, Illinois when she tore the padded envelope open to take out the […]
Infamous NYC club promoter Michael Alig, who pleaded guilty in 1997 to first-degree manslaughter in connection with the murder of Andre “Angel” Melendez, died Friday at the age of 54. According to the New York Daily News, Alig was found dead inside his Washington Heights apartment by a former boyfriend at around 3 a.m. local time. […]
The U.S. will now require U.K. travelers to have a negative COVID-19 test. The requirement, announced late Thursday by the CDC, marks the latest travel-related response to the recently discovered new variant of SARS-CoV-2. “Viruses constantly change through mutation, and preliminary analysis in the U.K. suggests that this new variant may be up to 70 percent […]
As the holidays are underway, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have shared Christmas messages, asking the public to keep exercising COVID-19 safety precautions and refrain from meeting in large groups. “Jill and I wish you and your family peace, joy, health and happiness this season. But we know for so many of […]
An explosion rocked downtown Nashville on Christmas morning. Police first responded to reports of a “suspicious vehicle” being parked outside an AT&T building downtown shortly before 6 a.m. local time, according to The Tennessean. When police arrived, per the report, they alerted the department’s hazardous devices unit. That unit was on the way to the scene […]
President-elect Joe Biden admitted that it’s “unlikely” he will use an executive order to eliminate upwards of $50,000 in student loan debt. “It’s arguable that the president may have the executive power to forgive up to $50,000 in student debt,” Biden told a group of newspaper columnists Wednesday, per The Washington Post. “Well, I think that’s pretty questionable. I’m unsure of that. I’d be […]
GoDaddy is receiving backlash after sending its employees a holiday work bonus email that ended up being fake just to test them to see if they would fall for phishing scams. Obtained by 12 News, the contents of the email clearly describe its employees receiving a holiday bonus, despite this not being true. “Happy Holiday […]
Dr. Susan Moore, a physician from Indianapolis who had publicly called out a regional hospital for racism, died of COVID-19 this week. Dr. Moore first tested positive in late November with initial symptoms reported to include high respiratory rate, high heart rate, severe fever, and coughing up blood. Per CBS News, she died this week following […]
Even though Trump has called for $2,000 stimulus checks for Americans, House Democrats’ move to pass the direct payments was blocked by Republicans—impacting the huge coronavirus relief package that Congress passed earlier this week. CNBC reports that Democrats attempted to increase the check amounts after Trump warned that he’d obstruct the $2 trillion pandemic aid and […]
