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Kyrie Irving issued a stern warning to anyone questioning his passion for the game of basketball in light of his increased focus on police and social reform, in addition to his outspoken opposition to a restart of the 2019-20 NBA season: “Don’t play with me.” Irving appeared on Instagram Live with his sister Asia on Sunday to give people a […]
Initial data from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reports that there were zero confirmed or probable coronavirus-related deaths on July 11, Bloomberg reports. The city hasn’t gone a day without someone dying from COVID-19 since March 13. In late March, New York City was considered the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, reaching its peak […]
Benjamin Keough, son of Lisa Marie Presley and grandson of Elvis, died Sunday in California from an apparent suicide, TMZ has learned. He was 27. TMZ obtained the following statement from Lisa Marie’s manager Roger Widynowski: “She is completely heartbroken, inconsolable and beyond devastated but trying to stay strong for her 11-year-old twins and her oldest daughter Riley,” he said. “She […]
A trio of Arizona teachers sharing a summer school classroom all contracted the coronavirus last month, despite apparently taking the recommended safety precautions, with one of them dying, according to multiple reports. 61-year-old Kimberly Chavez Lopez Byrd died on June 26, which was less than two weeks after she was hospitalized. The other two teachers who […]
Protesters are still demanding that St. Louis City Mayor Lyda Krewson resign from office, with a stand-off between demonstrators and police getting heated outside City Hall on Sunday. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that seven people were arrested and two police officers were injured on Sunday morning as police attempted to remove demonstrators from outside City Hall. Officers […]
There are few creatures in the world that are bolder than a New York City rat. Yet, the coronavirus pandemic has forced rats into a rare state for starvation and desperation that has only increased their confidence. The city’s rats usually survive on the waste that is discarded by the millions of restaurants in New […]
COVID-19 cases in Brazil are continuing to surge. On Saturday, the country recorded 1,071 new deaths, with a total of 1,839,850 confirmed cases, Reuters reports. Brazil is the world’s No. 2 coronavirus hotspot, only second to the U.S. The South American country has a total of 71,469 deaths, according to the Health Ministry. Earlier this […]
In what might be one of the worst cases of cosmic irony, the very Florida county commissioner who voted against needing to wear masks in his county has been admitted into the hospital for testing positive with COVID-19. According to Newsweek, Paul Waldron—who is the commissioner for St. Johns County just south of Jacksonville, Florida—tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently in […]
A 30-year-old man in San Antonio, Texas died on Saturday night after reportedly attending a “COVID party,” which is apparently an event where people who think the pandemic is a hoax attend with someone who had tested positive to compete to see who can “catch the virus first.” Clearly, we have reached an all-time low. ABC […]
President Trump visited Walter Reed hospital in Maryland on Saturday afternoon and was shown wearing a mask, which marks the first time the President has been captured on-camera wearing one. The President was visiting the hospital to see wounded soldiers and essential workers who were caring for those affected by COVID-19. Before he left, he also […]
