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Rebecca Creek Distillery has temporarily shifted its production of ultra-premium spirits, Rebecca Creek Whiskey, Enchanted Rock Vodka, and Texas Ranger Whiskey, to alcohol-based hand cleaners to respond to the growing needs of first …

Under the rubric of “not wasting a good crisis,” Russia, China and others are using the coronavirus pandemic to spread disinformation to further their goals, Pentagon officials said. The Defense …

WASHINGTON, DC – President Donald J. Trump is immediately halting U.S. funding of the World Health Organization because of how the international organization has mishandled the Chinese borne COVID-19 “China …

AUSTIN, TX-In Austin, Texas area, funerals being facilitated by Cook-Walden/Capital Parks Funeral Home & Cemetery will soon have a touch that is reminiscent of 20th century American drive-in movies.  Mourners …

BBC Reports: Mortuary suppliers have told BBC News they have no stocks of standard body bags left for sale, blaming the shortage on stockpiling due to the coronavirus pandemic. New …

PHILADELPHIA-After a video of a man being pulled from a SEPTA bus here last week went viral, the transportation authority has announced it’s changing its policy for travelers. “While SEPTA …

The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the distribution of hoarded personal protective equipment (PPE), including approximately 192,000 N95 respirator masks, …

Christopher Parris, a 39-year-old Atlanta, Georgia resident, was arrested today and charged in federal court in the District of Columbia with fraud for attempting to sell millions of nonexistent respirator …

CHINA-The internet is full of speculation after nearly 2.1 million cell phones in China went silent during the COVID-19 outbreak. Some conspiracy theorists believe that mass shutdown was because 2.1 …

NEW YORK CITY-Mayor Bill DeBlasio on Saturday announced he is closing schools to the 1.1 million students in his city for the school year. “Today I announced we will close …

BAKERSFIELD, CA- On April 11, 2020, at 12:26 a.m., Kern County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the 3500 block of Pioneer Drive in Bakersfield for multiple shots fired and several …

Watch as this Lamborghini driver sets his car on fire while showing off at a traffic light.   A Lamborghini driver set his car on fire while roaring his engine …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Everyone is looking for a parachute from Congress to stave off losses during the COVID-19 pandemic, even the United States Postal Service. Here’s what we know… USPS to lose …

CHINA-A report today in the U.K’s Guardian newspaper claims the Chinese government is finally moving towards banning the consumption of dog meat by humans.  This comes after scenes of disturbing …

SAN DIEGO, CA-Marines onboard the San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Training Depot and their drill instructors are now using improvised face masks made from their “skivvy” t-shirts.  This comes after …

OKINAWA, JAPAN-U.S. Marines stationed at Marine Corps Base Okinawa have new orders, to sew protective face masks.  The Marines here from the 3rd Air Delivery Platoon Landing Support Company, whose …

SOUTH WINDSOR, CT- Towns across America, struggling to keep kids from being outdoors during the COVID-19 pandemic are finding new ways to keep skateboarders out of their local skate parks.  …

There’s a meme going around the internet today claiming that the coronavirus infections in the United States back in January were overshadowed by the untimely death of NBA legend Kobe …

NEWARK, NJ-As promised ventilators from the national stockpile have been released by President Donald J. Trump and have arrived in New Jersey, according to Hackensack Meridian Health. The hospital network …

HOLLYWOOD-One of the nation’s foremost experts on committing a crime and getting away with it, O.J. Simpson took to Twitter this week to criticize “white people” this week and offer …

Holyoke, MA-Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Superintendent Bennett Walsh was put on paid administrative leave after 13 veterans died at the Massachusetts state-run veterans live-in care facility.  Twenty-five other residents were tested …

Cats, Dogs and coronavirus infected bats are back on the menu in China. WUHAN, CHINA-Reports are coming out of China this week of the wet market industry reopening, despite being …

The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNHS Comfort has arrived in New York City to provide medical and healthcare support for America’s coronavirus ground zero. “We are marshaling the full power …

Americans know Trump undermined the gravity of the #Coronavirus crisis. While *still* threatening our health care, he failed to take decisive, common-sense action. Now, Americans are learning that Senate Republicans are holding …

President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the State of New Jersey and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the …