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Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have isolated a biomolecule that they say neutralizes the virus that causes COVID-19 “completely and specifically.” According to the local CBS affiliate, KDKA, scientists at the college’s School of Medicine have isolated the “smallest biological molecule to date” that can neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The find was published in a report […]
Authorities in South Dakota are currently investigating an incident in which the state’s Attorney General, Jason Ravnsborg, claimed that he had hit a deer with his car. Instead it looks like he actually hit (and killed) a man. The crash happened on Saturday night, while the man’s body was discovered on Sunday morning. Ravnsborg’s office claims […]
Everyday, Black Americans are reminded how minuscule their pain is in the eyes of their white counterparts. On Monday, a video surfaced of Utah residents protesting coronavirus regulations. These citizens rallied outside the Washington County Administration building in hopes to have local government lift mask policies. The local ABC affiliate was on hand to document the […]
In celebration of the Companionship in the Age of Loneliness exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, KAWS fans now have the chance to bag some new career-chronicling merch. The range of merch is available online now via the MoMA Design Store site and features books, tote bags, magnet sets, keyrings, postcard sets, […]
A Georgia sheriff’s deputy has been fired after a video showed him repeatedly punching and beating a Black man during a traffic stop in Clayton County. The New York Times reports that 26-year-old Roderick Walker was beaten by two deputies, both of whom are white, during an arrest on Friday, Sept. 11 for charges of battery and […]
A woman wearing egregiously patterned boots has been dubbed a “Karen” on Reddit and beyond after the sharing of footage in which she’s seen claiming to be calling police on a Black U.S. Census Bureau worker. The footage in question, per the Daily Dot’s report on Monday, first started taking off via the FuckYouKaren subreddit over […]
A lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair along with a blood-stained telegram from his 1865 assassination have both just sold for $81,000 during the last day of a Boston auction on Saturday. According to NY Daily News, the 2-inch lock of hair was taken from a postmortem examination of Lincoln that took place in 1865 after he was assassinated by John Wilkes […]
Swarms of mosquitoes in Louisiana have left hundreds of cattle and some horses dead. WWLTV reports that, according to experts in southwest Louisiana, the clouds of mosquitoes became thick from Hurricane Laura, which, after it made landfall on Aug. 27, pushed the insects out of marshes. Veterinarian Craig Fontenot told the outlet that the mosquitoes […]
In yet another case of filmed police brutality against Black citizens, a video of police beating a ride-sharing passenger unconscious has surfaced. Clayton County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia launched an investigation on Friday into a viral video that shows two officers attacking a Black man who was reportedly a passenger in an ordered vehicle. An Instagram post […]
Human activity has forced the world’s wildlife populations to plummet by 68 percent in the last 50 years, with human consumption being the primary culprit. This new data comes from the 2020 Living Planet Report from the World Wildlife Fund, which evaluates population declines in over 4,392 observed species of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians […]
