Six of the six people who developed a rare blood clotting disorder after being inoculated with the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine were women. Of the 66 cases of anaphylaxis reported after the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, 63 were women. And of the blood clots that have prompted European countries …
Read More »Electric Daisy Carnival to Take Place in May Despite Continued Covid-19 Concerns
Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas will take place next month, May 21st through May 23rd at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, despite continued concerns over the spread of Covid-19 even as vaccination rollout continues. Insomniac Events Founder and CEO Pasquale Rotella confirmed the festival would take place in a statement …
Read More »Paul Wall Has Entered the Chat: The Rap Icon on Going Viral and Getting Vaccinated
Paul Wall is having what appears to be the time of his life. He’s sitting in front of his computer on Zoom, showing me the different Houston-centric backdrops he has pre-loaded. NRG Stadium, where the Texans play; a diamond-encrusted grill; a modified Cadillac, lowered to the ground with its trunk …
Read More »New York Severely Underestimated Nursing Home Deaths from Covid-19, State Attorney General Finds
A new report by New York‘s attorney general concluded that the state’s department of health likely undercounted the number of nursing home deaths from Covid-19 by as much as 50 percent. This news comes after the state’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, had been seen by many — including Rolling Stone— as …
Read More »WWE Relocates WrestleMania 37 From Los Angeles Area to Tampa Bay
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has announced that it would relocate its WrestleMania 37 event from the Los Angeles area — where 1 million people currently test positive for the coronavirus — to Tampa Bay, Florida. The annual event was originally scheduled to take place March 28th at Inglewood, California’s SoFi …
Read More »The Road: 100 Days of Travel in Pandemic-Ravaged America
I lost my mind during the plague year. The fact that my country also lost its mind was of little comfort. Maybe you lost your mind too. There were so many opportunities. Maybe you were hiding from an invisible virus in an oppressive New York apartment, listening to the sirens …
Read More »Five Exchanges That Defined the Final Debate of 2020
The first debate was pandemonium. The second was canceled after the president was hospitalized with Covid-19. The third and, mercifully, last debate was a relatively sedate affair. It took place a week and half before what we call Election Day, but already 50 million Americans have locked in their votes …
Read More »Donald Trump Has Nothing Left to Say. He Could Still Win Anyway
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — An old man ranting into the night. That’s how it looked out on the windswept patch of tarmac at the Fayetteville Regional Airport on Saturday night, the venue for President Trump’s latest rally. I had left the press pen behind the TV camera risers — you know, …
Read More »Sheryl Crow Announces 'Songs From the Big Green Barn' Virtual Concerts
Sheryl Crow has announced a pair of virtual at-home concerts, titled “Songs From the Big Green Barn.” The shows will take place at — you guessed it — Crow’s Big Green Barn in Nashville, and will consist of an “Outside” performance on Friday, September 18th, at 9 p.m. ET, and …
Read More »HeadCount Launches 'Festival Challenge' to Encourage Voter Registration
HeadCount, the non-profit group that promotes voter registration through music and the arts, has launched a virtual HeadCount Festival Challenge this year with participating events and organizers, including Coachella, Electric Forest, Bonnaroo and more than a dozen others. Each festival has agreed to promote online voter registration via social media …
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