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A medical researcher who was reportedly close to making important findings on the coronavirus has been found shot dead in a home just outside of Pittsburgh. NBC News reports that 37-year-old Bing Liu, who worked at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, was found dead with a bullet wound in his head and neck. Just an hour […]
The White House Coronavirus Task Force may be phased out in the upcoming weeks, as states across the country struggle to curb infection rates amid economic reopenings. President Donald Trump addressed the move during his Tuesday stop at a mask factory in Phoenix. POTUS praised Vice President Mike Pence, the chairman of the task force, and other members for […]
The coronavirus outbreak has reportedly cost Disney more than $1 billion in profits. Company executives confirmed the loss Tuesday during its quarterly earnings call, nearly two months after the virus was declared a global pandemic. According to Reuters, Disney CEO Bob Chapek and Executive Chairman Bob Iger confirmed revenue was lost in various areas, such as retail stores and TV operations; but most […]
Donald Trump was spotted without a face mask Tuesday during his tour of Phoenix-based Honeywell—a manufacturing plant that has been tasked with making N95 masks for the government. According to CNBC, the president and other officials opted to only wear protective goggles throughout the visit, despite the multiple signs that stated face masks were required. Shortly before he […]
The threat of blood clots developing in coronavirus patients has become a major concern among doctors around the world. Mitchell Levy, chief of pulmonary critical care and sleep medicine at the Warren Albert School of Medicine at Brown University, told Bloomberg that the clotting issue as it relates to COVID-19 is “probably the most important […]
A new study conducted by the Los Alamos National Laboratory has identified a new strain of the coronavirus that appears to be more contagious than previous versions that spread during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Los Angeles Times reports. Researchers found that this new strain, called D614G. could also make people more vulnerable […]
Joe Exotic is reportedly quite adamant about getting some pardon-based attention from fellow reality TV concoction Donald J. Trump. That’s the latest from the stalwarts of importance over at TMZ, who reported very early Tuesday that Mr. Exotic—who rose to headline omnipresence thanks to the Netflix hit Tiger King—is said to have his legal team […]
On Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that, as part of a phased exit from social distancing-enacted policies, some of the state’s retail shops can start opening back up by this Friday. Included in this plan are compliant clothing stores, bookstores, music/toy stores, sporting goods stores, and florists, all of whom can offer curbside pickup […]
Emergency kit brand JUDY has launched a new Tiger King-inspired kit, and they even got John Finlay from the docuseries to provide voiceover for the commercial. The new “Tiger Safe” kit, which can be seen in the promo above, is similar to the usual emergency kits but with signature tiger stripes to set it apart. A […]
J.Crew Group Inc. has announced its filing of Chapter 11 proceedings in federal bankruptcy court. The company said in a statement early Monday that Chinos Holdings—the parent company of J.Crew Group Inc.—has filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of […]
