If the Republican Party’s who-cares-if-grandma-dies response to the coronavirus hasn’t convinced you that the “pro-life” label is absurd when applied to the GOP, then maybe this will: This morning, President Donald Trump’s government executed the first federal prisoner in 17 years. And it did so with the blessing of the …
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Kenneth Lonergan, Marcia Gay Harden and Zosia Mamet will partake in the next round of the ongoing livestream series The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues, with this installment raising money for the Release Aging People in Prison campaign. This marks the 13th round in the series and it will stream …
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It’s the fourth month of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, and boy have we seen some shit. In addition to at least 118,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus, nearly 2.2 million people testing positive for it, and the countless others who probably-maybe had it, we’re also dealing with …
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The arresting officer who pinned George Floyd to the ground by his neck has been taken into custody by state authorities, according to Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington (via political reporter Theo Keith). On Friday afternoon, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced that former officer Derek Chauvin was charged with …
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The 2020 Tony Awards have been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. “The health and safety of the Broadway community, artists, and fans is of the utmost importance to us,” producers said in a statement Wednesday. The 74th annual Tony Awards were scheduled to air live from Radio City Music …
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Since initial reports of novel coronavirus (known in public health circles by the unsexy moniker COVID-19) started surfacing earlier this year, the response on social media has ranged widely from measured caution to unmitigated panic. Global stocks have plummeted, and although cases in China are falling, at least 7,048 people …
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At just past midnight March 17th, shelter in place orders went into effect in seven counties around the Bay Area in California. At the moment they’re some of the most drastic measures taken yet to stem the spread of the new coronavirus and flatten the infection curve by ordering people …
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When Kim Devins first heard that Brandon Clark, the 21-year-old man accused of killing her 17-year-old daughter, Biancaand posting a photo of her body on Discord, was going to plead guilty to second-degree murder charges, there was only one word for her to describe how she felt: “relieved.” “It was …
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Ahead of opening statements in the Harvey Weinstein trial, which are set to begin on Wednesday, the disgraced movie mogul’s attorneys hinted at how they planned to try to discredit witnesses who have accused Weinstein of sexual assault and prove the encounters were consensual, The New York Times reports. One …
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Bill Cosby has appealed his 2018 conviction for sexual assault to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The filing comes one month after a three-judge panel on the Pennsylvania Superior Court voted unanimously against a separate appeal, in which Cosby claimed he had been denied a fair …
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