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Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading voice of reason on COVID-19 and thus a consistent target of Trump-related ire, is making sure the U.S. is aware of his stance regarding hasty pushes toward reopening. Sheryl Gay Stolberg of the New York Times reported late Monday that Dr. Fauci had relayed his message via e-mail, noting that […]
A pair of men who refused to wear masks after entering a Target have now been arrested after said refusal resulted in them getting into a fight with some security guards who approached them about it. The incident actually happened on May 1, but surveillance video of it is just now surfacing. The clip appears […]
Princeton University has announced Nicholas Johnson, a student who majored in operations research and financial engineering, as the school’s first black valedictorian in its 274-year history. Johnson is also pursuing certificates in statistics and machine learning, applied and computational mathematics, and applications of computing. Johnson, a Montreal native, will spend the summer interning at the D.E. Shaw Group […]
On Monday, President Trump abruptly ended his latest press briefing after a contentious dispute with a pair of reporters. This dispute began after one reporter, CBS News’ Weijia Jiang, asked a question about testing. “You have said many times that the U.S. is doing far better than any other country when it comes to testing,” Jiang […]
File this one under developing story. On Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed he’d be violating a local COVID-19 shelter-in place order for the purpose of reopening his company’s factory in California’s Alameda County. Musk further tweeted out that he’d be “on the line with everyone else,” and that if someone were to be arrested […]
Inmates in Los Angeles allegedly tried to finesse their way out of jail by catching the coronavirus. According to TMZ, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva claimed that around two dozen inmates at the Pitchess Detention Center attempted to contract COVID-19 on purpose in April. Villanueva says that the department saw a spike in coronavirus cases. Upon investigation, they found that […]
Florida is one of the states that is starting to reopen businesses despite the coronavirus pandemic. Yet, it seems like state officials aren’t moving fast enough for some residents. According to the local NBC–affiliate, Florida started phase one of reopening the state last week. But, Florida gyms won’t be allowed to reopen until phase two […]
Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey has donated $10 million to Meek Mill, JAY-Z, and Michael Rubin’s prison reform non-profit. Reform Alliance will receive the funds as part of Dorsey’s #StartSmall initative, and will be used to help with coronavirus pandemic relief efforts in prisons across the United States. It will also help provide PPE […]
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence denied a Bloomberg report that he has gone into self-isolation after his press secretary Katie Miller tested positive for COVID-19. The statement from V.P. office spokesperson Devin O’Malley states that Pence “is not in quarantine,” even though Bloomberg only claimed he was self-isolating. Either way, Pence plans on being at the White House Monday. “Vice President Pence […]
A birthday party in Pasadena, California led to a cluster of coronavirus cases. The Pasadena Public Health Department said that a “large number” of extended family members and friends attended the event. The party happened after the city announced its stay-at-home directive in March, CNN reports. One patient who attended the party was coughing and hadn’t […]
