Month: August 2020

RZA Drops New Jingle to Replace OG Ice Cream Truck Song with Racist Roots – TMZ
14Aug By No Comments
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RZA Drops New Jingle to Replace OG Ice Cream Truck Song with Racist Roots – TMZ

Play video content @rza / Instagram RZA's giving whole new meaning to dropping bars ... after releasing a brand new ice cream truck jingle to replace the original one, which is rooted in racism. The Wu-Tang Clan leader partnered up with Good Humor to come up with the hot new track as a family friendly alternative to "Turkey in the Straw" -- the jingle you probably grew up hearing as you chased the ice cream truck. RZA's new ice cream joint has that same hot summer day feel, but with a better beat ... and zero racism. So, what's the problem with the OG jingle? If you hadn't heard ... "Turkey in the Straw" had no racist un...
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Miley Cyrus and Cody Simpson split – Page Six
14Aug By No Comments
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Miley Cyrus and Cody Simpson split – Page Six

No more bikini-clad TikTok dances by the pool for Miley Cyrus and Cody Simpson. A music insider revealed to Page Six that the pair have called it quits. Cyrus seemingly teased the breakup on Instagram while promoting her self-directed video for her latest single, “Midnight Sky.” The pop star captioned a photo earlier this week: “Forever and ever no more. The #MidnightSky is the road I’m taking … head up high in the clouds.” Cyrus and Simpson were first linked together in October after Cyrus’ brief romance with Kaitlynn Carter, whom she moved on with following her split from her husband of eight months, Liam Hemsworth. Their divorce was finalized in January. A rep for Cyrus did not get back to us.
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Illinois among top 7 states for rare childhood syndrome linked to COVID-19 – Chicago Tribune
14Aug By No Comments
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Illinois among top 7 states for rare childhood syndrome linked to COVID-19 – Chicago Tribune

This electron microscope image from February 2020 shows the novel coronavirus, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns doctors about a rare but serious condition in children linked with the coronavirus, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. (National Institutes of Health)
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Dallas County Reports 13 More Deaths Thursday With 641 New Cases; Daily Averages Climb – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
14Aug By No Comments
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Dallas County Reports 13 More Deaths Thursday With 641 New Cases; Daily Averages Climb – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

The Dallas County Health Department is reporting 13 more COVID-19 deaths Thursday along with 641 new cases of the virus along with an increase in the 7-day and 14-day averages. The 14 latest victims of the pandemic include: A woman in her 50s who was a resident of the City of Dallas. She had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions. A man in his 50s who was a resident of the City of Farmers Branch. He had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions. A man in his 50s who was a resident of the City of Dallas. He had been critically ill in an area hospital and had underlying high-risk health conditions. A man in his 60s who was a resident of the City of Garland. He had been critical...
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Jay-Z, Yo Gotti Demand Strict COVID Testing at MS Prison, Claim Alarming Stats – TMZ
13Aug By No Comments
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Jay-Z, Yo Gotti Demand Strict COVID Testing at MS Prison, Claim Alarming Stats – TMZ

Exclusive Jay-Z, Yo Gotti and their social justice team allege Mississippi's infamous Parchman prison is coming up way short in protecting inmates from COVID-19 ... and stats prove it. Team's ROC's lawyers filed docs this week accusing the state penitentiary of serious testing failures on the heels of reports of a coronavirus outbreak among just a small sample of inmates. According to the docs ... as of July 30, only 132 Parchman prisoners of more than 2,000 had been tested for COVID, and among those 132 a whopping 33 percent tested positive, suggesting an impending crisis. Team ROC claims cases continue to rise instead of decrease, and point out that one inmate ...
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Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD finale: What happened in the end was an anti-Endgame – Polygon
13Aug By No Comments
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Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD finale: What happened in the end was an anti-Endgame – Polygon

After seven seasons and 136 episodes, Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD has finally come to an end. This final season saw the team travel through time, then fight Chronicoms and HYDRA in a new timeline that quickly went off the rails. That’s a big task in and of itself, but the finale succeeds thanks to doing what the show is best at: being completely absurd, but totally earnest. [Ed. note: This contains spoilers for the seventh season of SHIELD, including the two-part finale, “The End is Always at Hand/What We’re Fighting For.”] Behold, the deus Fitz machina As the finale opens, things aren’t looking good for the Agents. They’re still in 1983 and there’s nothing left of SHIELD but their group and a ragtag group of survivors. The only hope lies in Leo Fitz, who the Chronicoms and N...
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Coronavirus pandemic leading to depression and drinking, CDC says | TheHill – The Hill
13Aug By No Comments
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Coronavirus pandemic leading to depression and drinking, CDC says | TheHill – The Hill

Americans are struggling to cope with the coronavirus pandemic after months of harsh lockdowns, widespread disease and economic suffering that has fallen disproportionately on the young, minorities and those who are most vulnerable to financial shocks. A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds the number of Americans reporting adverse mental health or behavioral changes — like drinking or drug use — on a perilous rise in recent months. About a quarter of Americans reported symptoms of an anxiety disorder, three times higher than what a similar survey found a year ago. Those reporting depression has quadrupled, to nearly a quarter. About 13 percent of Americans said they were drinking or using drugs more because of the stress of the pandemic. An...
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