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Jay-Z, Yo Gotti, and Team ROC have filed additional legal documents that highlight the inhumane conditions at Mississippi State Penitentiary, aka Parchman Farm. The entertainers and social justice organization submitted documents this week that outline the ways Parchman personnel have put inmates’ lives at risk amid the coronavirus pandemic. Jay, Gotti, and their attorneys claim that as of July 30, 2020, […]
In a story that would really blow up if it ever expands beyond the two cents of an attorney into actual policy, a law professor at the University of San Diego says that states could fine or jail people who would refuse a coronavirus vaccine if/when one is made available. Note that this would seem […]
A New Jersey man was arrested and charged with “recklessly creating a risk of widespread injury or damage” for hosting a party earlier this month where face coverings weren’t worn and social distancing wasn’t practiced by most of the hundreds of attendees, BuzzFeed News reports. Authorities arrived at a rented mansion in Alpine in response to a noise complaint at 10 […]
Apparently undeterred by COVID-19, which was made quite clear when their lead singer told the crowd, “We’re all here together tonight! Fuck that COVID shit,” Smash Mouth performed at the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota this past Sunday night. Cue some “ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed” joke that’s already been made 1,000 times. […]
A massive rager went down in Los Angeles this weekend, despite officials’ warnings. According to TMZ, the party took place Friday night at Dock 52 in Marina del Rey, where a large group of revelers were seen living it up without masks or the recommended physical distance. The outlet points out the event was held in a […]
As if the coronavirus pandemic wasn’t enough, a growing majority of the United States has now been impacted by a salmonella outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday that 640 people from 43 states have been infected by salmonella and at least 85% of these cases have been hospitalized. The Food and Drug Administration has linked the outbreak […]
Deion Sanders told us 25 years ago that it “Must Be the Money” that makes things move. But on Friday, Prime Time decided to remind today’s NFL players that the business of sports “will go on without” despite a pandemic. “All Players OPTING out in all sports PLEASE BELIEVE the game will go on without u. This is a business […]
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 […]
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 […]
Oakland Raiders head coach Jon Gruden is currently in the hospital after contracting COVID-19. At least, that’s what Raiders assistant coach Rich Bisaccia wanted to make his players believe when he falsely informed them of Gruden’s positive coronavirus test result over Zoom, according to NFL Media’s Mike Garafolo. “Bisaccia told them, ‘Guys, Coach Gruden has COVID, and he’s […]
