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Amy Coney Barrett, Trump‘s pick to succeed the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Supreme Court, spells potential trouble for a multitude of reasons impossible to overstate. Earlier this month, for example, Lambda Legal—the largest national legal organization with a mission focused on securing and maintaining “full recognition” of civil rights for LGBTQ people—published an […]
Confirmed COVID-19 cases have now surpassed a global total of 40 million. While the actual number of cases around the world is believed to be significantly higher due to a variety of factors, the latest number comes from the team at Johns Hopkins University, who—per the Associated Press’ update on Monday—is now reporting 40,088,893 confirmed cases. Last week, analysis […]
The Chicago-Sun Times reports that a man was seen hanging off the 16th floor balcony of Chicago’s Trump Tower on Sunday, from what was believed to be a climbing harness. Police spokesman Tom Ahern said he was asking to speak with Donald Trump as he dangled from the building, while also threatening to kill himself, if they didn’t meet his demands. A negotiator was sent to the scene to try and get the man […]
The 80th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally will go down in infamy as a “superspreader event” that led to hundreds of thousands COVID-19 cases spanning several states and cost billions of dollars for public health care agencies. It was the nearly two-week event in August that drew half a million attendees, some of whom saw Smash Mouth frontman Steve […]
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has publicly denounced Donald Trump for encouraging harmful rhetoric toward her on Saturday, right on the heels of an alleged conspiracy to kidnap her. During a campaign rally in Western Michigan, Trump pushed Whitmer to ease up on economic activity restrictions that she’s instituted to curb the spread of COVID-19, which […]
Donald Trump joked that he may have to leave the United States if he fails to defeat Joe Biden in the presidential election. Trump made the comments during a Friday night rally in Macon, Georgia where he suggested a loss to the former vice president would be so embarrassing he may consider packing his bags. “You know what? […]
A schoolteacher was decapitated in France on Friday after allegedly showing students a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed, France’s anti-terror prosecutor’s office revealed. As CNN reports, the victim’s body was found in the Parisian suburb of Éragny-sur-Oise, which is just northwest of the capital. The perpetrator of the attack was later shot dead by police in the same area. […]
Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Paul have teamed up with Finish Line to highlight the importance and impact of your voice and voting during this election. “As a part of our commitment and responsibilities as an ally, we intend to highlight and amplify voices within our community,” Finish Line wrote in the caption. “Each week […]
A Texas teenager was awarded tens of thousands of dollars for developing a potential cure for COVID-19. Fourteen-year-old Anika Chebrolu, a freshman at Independence High School in Frisco, was named the winner of this year’s 3M Young Scientist Challenge and received a $25,000 award. Anika said she entered the challenge while in eighth grade with the initial intention […]
Chadwick Boseman, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2016, died in August without a will. Now his wife Taylor Simone Ledward has filed a probate case in Los Angeles, where she requested to be named administrator of his estate with limited authority, Page Six reports. Boseman’s estate is estimated to be valued at $938,500. The court docs […]
