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Sophie Turner says if she wore a mask during childbirth, ‘you can wear a mask at Walmart’

Sophie Turner has a no-excuses policy for face masks: She even wore one during childbirth. The Game of Thrones star revealed as much in a Wednesday Instagram Story. “If I can wear a mask while I give birth, you can wear a mask at Walmart,” she said. Turner, 24, welcomed daughter Willa in July with […]

The CDC Says Small Gatherings Are Causing a Surge in COVID-19 Cases—What Exactly Does That Mean?

With the holidays fast approaching, party season is just around the corner. But as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise across the US – America just had the dubious distinction of hitting 100,000 new cases TWO days IN A ROW – the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just warned about a […]

Health officials in 3 states have traced new COVID-19 cases to the Sturgis motorcycle rally

Less than a week after the close of a massive 10-day motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, health officials in the state, as well as in Nebraska and Minnesota, have traced multiple new COVID-19 cases back to the event.  The rally, which drew hundreds of thousands of bikers to Sturgis, has been connected with 15 […]

The Most – and Least – Effective Face Masks

Researchers at Duke University have developed a new tool to find the effectiveness of the various types of masks people are using to stop spread during the COVID-19 pandemic. And some offer less protection than others, researchers found. So which masks are the best — and the worst? Duke researchers say, naturally, the most effective […]

Big Tech rakes it in during the pandemic, and Apple is on top in the world

Apple is now the world’s most valuable publicly traded company, passing Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco. According to CNBC, as of close of business Friday, Apple has a market valuation of $1.84 trillion, while Saudi Aramco’s is $1.76 trillion. Apple’s stock, which has been on a largely-steady climb since the end of March, […]

Nathan’s famous 4th of July hot dog eating contest will go on… with a few changes

Coronavirus has postponed concerts, canceled sporting events and basically upended life as we know it. But there’s one thing the virus can’t stop: Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. The annual contest, which takes place every year in in Coney Island on the Fourth of July, has announced it will go on as planned this year, […]

Volunteering Can Improve Your Mental Health—and It’s Still Possible to Give Back While Social Distancing

In light of the coronavirus pandemic and demands for justice and equality in the Black community, more people than ever before are offering their time and money to help necessary and important causes. While donating to nonprofit organizations or marching for the Black Lives Matter movement are worthwhile ways to give back, a new study […]

A Hong Kong Restaurant Group Published An Extensive Manual About COVID-19 For Other Restaurants To Reference

As restaurants start to phase into re-opening, many are adjusting their procedures to keep workers and customers safe during the ongoing pandemic. A Hong Kong restaurant group has published a thorough COVID-19 playbook for these businesses that has become a widely referenced resource.   Black Sheep Restaurants was founded by Syed Asim Hussain and Christopher […]

Tom Cruise and NASA partner to film the first movie IN outer space

NASA is working with Tom Cruise to film the first movie shot in space, according to NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine. The details of the project aren’t clear, but Bridenstine says the film will take place aboard the International Space Station. Bridenstine didn’t say how Cruise will be participating in the adventure, but a NASA spokesperson […]

In the age of Coronavirus, Nintendo’s Animal Crossing is a Viral Phenomenon

Animal Crossing has recently gone what, in a less awful time, we might have called viral. Released on Friday, March 20, after weeks of fans clamoring unsuccessfully for an early release, Animal Crossing: New Horizons sold a record-shattering 1.88 million physical copies in Japan in its opening weekend, the biggest-ever launch for a title on […]