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An Indiana man found an enormous surprise waiting for him at the bank. Volunteer firefighter Charles Calvin went to the ATM to withdraw $200 from his checking account when he saw that he had a bit more money than normal. He told WGN 9 that he had an $8.2 million balance. Calvin was expecting a $1,700 check […]
A black doctor who has been on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic was handcuffed outside his home when police thought he was illegally dumping trash. Police approached Dr. Armen Henderson—a physician who has been treating the virus in the hospital and on Miami’s streets—when he was unloading supplies from his van. He told […]
With Wyoming‘s announcement that it had confirmed its first loss of life from COVID-19, there are now recorded deaths from the novel coronavirus in all 50 US states. On Monday, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon said he was “saddened” to share the news that the state had lost its first citizen to the pandemic. “This one […]
Directional coughing and coronavirus-related death wishes were both a part of a recent Florida arrest. The Florida suspect, 46-year-old Brent Smith, was arrested over the weekend by the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. Per a report from an area NBC outlet, deputies had been dispatched to the residence after Smith had allegedly shoved his elderly mother […]
Bishop Gerald O. Glenn, an evangelical pastor in Virginia, has died from the coronavirus just a few weeks after he showed off his packed church and said he’d keep delivering sermons “unless I’m in jail or the hospital.” Note that Glenn is not the first church leader in the state to die after downplaying the […]
As the coronavirus continues to impact all entertainment, fans who’ve bought tickets through Ticketmaster have directed anger at that company after they reportedly rewrote their refund policy in the wake of the pandemic. The New York Times reports that the online retailer had originally given out refunds for events that were either canceled, postponed, or […]
Virginia has become the latest state to decriminalize marijuana, the local NBC-affiliate reports. Gov. Ralph Northam’s legislation went into law this weekend. The new law exchanges criminal charges for simple possession of marijuana for a $25 civil penalty. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring says that this move is a step toward the full legalization of marijuana in the state. “Decriminalization is […]
A Michigan woman who lost both her husband and her son to COVID-19 said her goodbyes via a Facebook Live funeral service last week. Sandy Brown of Flint, Michigan first lost her 59-year-old husband Freddie Lee Brown Jr. in late March. Per CBS News, her 20-year-old son Freddie Lee Brown III died three days later. […]
Following comments about the benefits of earlier COVID-19 containment efforts from Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Trump took to his usual practice of ill-advised tweeting to defend the current White House administration. In one tweeted action that’s now the subject of a swath of headlines, Trump shared […]
While COVID-19 has understandably inundated with the film industry with a litany of delays and related temporary setbacks, James Gunn has assured those waiting on his next two projects that previously announced dates should hold. On Sunday, Gunn explained in a series of tweets that both The Suicide Squad and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. […]
