Fifteen people in Los Angeles County have died in the past 24 hours from the novel coronavirus, leading to a slight uptick in the county’s […]
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JPMorgan Announces New Diversity Efforts After Secret Tapes Expose Discrimination
The largest U.S. bank has committed to doing more to bolster its relations with minorities after the financial institution was accused publicly of discrimination against […]
Coronavirus Coverage: Surgeon General Says Week Will be Like ‘Pearl Harbor’
Surgeon General Jerome Adams has compared some of the darkest moments in U.S. history, including the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11th […]
NYC Landlord Cancels April Rent On 80 Apartments Due To Coronavirus
One landlord in New York City, now widely regarded as the epicenter of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak in this country, has decided to pardon the […]
Rebecca Ramsey Dies: Visual Effects Producer On ‘Watchmen’, ‘Spider-Man 3’ & More Was 53
Rebecca Ramsey was a producer, a board member of the Visual Effects Society, and a longtime member of the Producer Guild. What We Know: According […]
Coronavirus Coverage: 8/10 Hot Spots in South, Republican Governors Say They Just Learned Severity
According to the University of Chicago’s Center for Spatial Data Science COVID Analytics Team, the recent population-adjusted data gathered, was used to map coronavirus outbreaks […]
Oprah Donates $10M to Coronavirus Relief
Oprah announced that she is donating $10M to the COVID-19 relief efforts — $1 million of which will help those facing food insecurity during the pandemic. […]
Trump Decides Not to Reopen Obamacare Enrollment Amid Coronavirus
The Trump administration has decided not to reopen the Affordable Care Act’s Healthcare.gov marketplaces to new customers, despite layoffs and growing fears that people will […]
Restrictions on Gay Men Donating Blood Eased by FDA
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has certainly struck blows to the U.S healthcare system, and many hospitals are in short supply of virtually everything. The Food […]