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TikTok is reportedly planning to take President Trump to court over an executive order that bans the app in the United States. Sources tell NPR that TikTok plans to file the federal lawsuit on Tuesday. A person—who is involved in the pending lawsuit, but was not authorized to speak for the company—claims the paperwork will be filed in the U.S. […]
Kanye West‘s presidential campaign has taken another huge loss. According to the Chicago Tribune, the rapper is unlikely to appear on the Illinois general election ballot because he failed to 2,500 valid signatures from state voters—a requirement for independent candidates looking to gain ballot access. West reportedly filed 3,218 signatures; However, following a review, the state hearing officer determined about 60 percent […]
The death toll from COVID-19 in the U.S. could potentially hit nearly 300,000 by the beginning of December, researchers say. That troubling (though certainly not shocking) figure is included in a new COVID-19 forecasts report shared by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IMHE) at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine on Thursday. In the […]
An Austrian tourist has issued a heartfelt apology for breaking a few toes off of an early 19th century statue he posed with for a photo with while visiting a museum in northern Italy last week, the New York Times reports. The 200-year-old statute is of Napoleon Bonaparte’s younger sister Pauline. It’s housed in the Gypsotheca Antonio Canova museum, which is named after Italian […]
Yes, it happened again. Joe Biden is facing more backlash over comments about Black voters. The cringey moment occurred Wednesday, during a video interview hosted by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and the National Association of Black Journalists. At one point during the teleconference, NPR reporter Lulu Garcia-Navarro asked the former vice president if he would “re-engage” with the Cuban government […]
An Ohio woman recently created a scene at the Department of Motor Vehicles when she refused to put on a face covering while inside the building. Oh, and she wanted anyone she interacted with to know that she was there “accompanying her boyfriend,” who actually showed up with a mask on. According to International Business […]
A man in Orlando was charged with several felonies, including first-degree murder, after he shot a Burger King employee because of a drive-thru order that took too long. According to USA Today, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office charged 37-year-old Kelvis Rodriguez Tormes with first-degree murder with a firearm, destruction of evidence, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon on Monday following his […]
Thanks in large part to the home-centered existences many have faced for a large chunk of 2020, social distancing-boosted companies like Nintendo are seeing palpable profits. In fact, per CNBC, Nintendo’s operating profits jumped 428 percent in the fiscal first quarter. All told, the longtime provider of classic gaming experiences reported an operating profit of […]
If wolfing down some hand sanitizer was on your COVID-19 to-do list, you should seriously reconsider. On Wednesday, the CDC again reminded the public of the dangers of utilizing any sort of methanol-containing hand sanitizer in an extended report shared to its website. The agency also shared a more general warning on the topic of […]
Donald Trump insists he likes Kanye West, but is not involved in the rapper’s 2020 presidential campaign. POTUS made the claims during a White House press briefing Wednesday, shortly after the New York Times published a report about GOP operatives who were actively helping West get on general election ballots. The Times pointed to specific GOP-affiliated individuals who […]
