18 Gorillas With Bad Coughs, Runny Noses Test Positive For COVID-19 At Atlanta Zoo

A group of 18 gorillas at an Atlanta zoo have tested positive for COVID-19 since the initial reports Friday, the Associated Press reported. Zoo Atlanta first announced COVID-19 cases among its western…

West L.A. Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining Approximately $9 Million in COVID-Relief Loans, Some of Which Was Gambled Away

LOS ANGELES – A West Los Angeles man pleaded guilty today to federal charges stemming from a scheme that used a series of corporations he controlled to fraudulently obtain approximately $9…

Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining Approximately $9 Million in COVID-Relief Loans, Some of Which Was Gambled Away

A California man pleaded guilty today to federal charges stemming from a scheme that used a series of corporations he controlled to fraudulently obtain approximately $9 million in loans from COVID-relief programs,…

Michigan Man Sentenced for COVID-19 Relief Fraud

A Michigan man was sentenced today to 32 months in federal prison for fraudulently seeking nearly $1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under…

Ophthalmologist Pleads Guilty To Seven-Year Healthcare Fraud Scheme And To Defrauding SBA Program Intended To Help Small Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that AMEET GOYAL, an ophthalmologist in Rye, New York, pled guilty yesterday to perpetrating a seven-year healthcare fraud…

‘If This Were The Trump Administration’: Former Kamala Harris Adviser Goes After Biden’s White House For COVID-19 Protocols

A former aide to Vice President Kamala Harris criticized the White House’s internal COVID-19 health and safety procedures Monday, characterizing the policies as potentially dangerous. “If this were the Trump administration, we…

18,000 fully vaccinated New Jerseyans have tested positive for COVID-19, 97 dead governor says

TRENTON, NJ – On Monday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced 18,390 COVID-19 “breakthrough” cases of the virus in residents who had previously been fully vaccinated. That rate is just .35% of…

New Jersey COVID-19 Rate of Transmission Dipped Below 1 this weekend But Murphy won’t tell you that

TRENTON, NJ – There’s a statistic New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy won’t talk about in his daily COVID-19 press briefings and that’s the rapidly declining rate of transmission. A month ago, the…

Unvaccinated 11 Times More Likely To Die From COVID-19, New CDC Study Says

Unvaccinated people are 11 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than fully vaccinated people, a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows. The study, which examined…

Knoxville Man Pleads Guilty To Scheme To Defraud The Small Business Administration’s COVID-19 Economic Relief Programs

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – On September 9, 2021, James Waylon Howell, 39, currently of Knoxville, Tennessee, entered a guilty plea to one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering in…

Watch: Biden administration confirms, immigrants at southern border exempt from COVID vaccine mandate

WASHINGTON, DC – The White House today confirmed what has long been speculated by Americans. Illegal immigrants crossing the U.S. border from Mexico are not required to get vaccinated upon their arrival…

Denmark Lifts All COVID-19 Restrictions, Doesn’t Consider Virus ‘A Socially Critical Disease’

Denmark announced Friday that all COVID-19 restrictions — in place for 548 days — have been lifted, the Associated Press reported. The country’s 80% vaccination rate among residents over the age of…

One Of The Wealthiest School Districts In US Reallocates COVID-19 Relief Funds Toward ‘Equity’ Programs

One of the wealthiest school systems in the U.S. unveiled plans to reallocate COVID-19 relief money to promote “equity” programs and a “welcoming” and “culturally responsive” student learning environment, according to the…

‘A Disgrace’: Democrats Block Bill Determining If COVID-19 Relief Went To Taliban

Democrats on the House Committee on Small Business blocked a bill Thursday that would’ve determined if federal COVID-19 relief funds were given to the Taliban. Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer proposed the bill…

Jen Psaki says Fauci didn’t lie to Congress because his strains of supervirus research were not the COVID-19 strain

Sebastian Hughes on September 9, 2021 White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki denied during a briefing on Thursday that White House COVID czar Dr. Anthony Fauci lied to Congress about funding gain-of-function…

Wichita Businessman Faces 19 Counts of COVID Relief Fraud

WICHITA, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Wichita indicted a Kansas man on charges he defrauded federal, state, and local agencies of more than $450,000 in COVID-19 business recovery funds. According…

Moderna Is Developing A Single-Dose Vaccine That Combines COVID-19 And Flu Boosters

Moderna is in the early stages of developing a single-dose vaccine that protects against both the flu and COVID-19, the company announced Thursday. “Today we are announcing the first step in our…

One-Time EDD Employee Agrees to Plead Guilty for Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $1.6 Million in COVID-Related Jobless Benefits

LOS ANGELES – A former California Employment Development Department (EDD) employee has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal charge for causing nearly 200 fraudulent COVID-related unemployment relief claims to…

Elizabeth Warren Asks Amazon To Deplatform Books, Products With ‘COVID-19 Misinformation’

Thomas Catenacci on September 8, 2021 Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren urged Amazon to remove books and other products that spread “COVID-19 misinformation” from its online marketplace. Warren identified a variety of…

CDC Doing ‘Exploratory Work’ To Decide Whether To Study If COVID Vaccines Are Causing ‘Menstrual Irregularities’

Mary Margaret Olohan on September 8, 2021 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is doing “exploratory work” to decide whether it will study if COVID-19 vaccines are causing “menstrual irregularities,”…

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