Google HQ in Mountain View, CA (iStock/SpVVK) California governor Gavin Newsom announced this week that schools K-12 through college statewide would remain closed for the rest of the academic year due to a mandatory stay-at-home order to stop the spread of COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus. As a result of …

Image: Instagram The 2020 presidential race is still going. While some political commentators already have predicted their pick for a candidate, some are considering running for office this year. Conservative activist and commentator Candace Owens is one of them. Owens told Fox News Thursday that she had decided to look …

Ellis Marsalis, legendary jazz pianist and teacher, died on Wednesday (April 1) at 85 years old due to the coronavirus. “It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of my father, Ellis Marsalis Jr.” his son Branford Marsalis said in a statement. “He was admitted to the hospital …

(Image: National Action Network) There are some churches that aren’t adhering to the call to avoid large crowds to slow down the novel coronavirus pandemic. Rev. Al Sharpton has put out a call to faith leaders to discontinue church services leading into Easter. The civil rights leader has convened a …

The captain of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier was facing a growing outbreak of the coronavirus.Photo: Bullit Marquez (AP Images) Captain Brett Crozier was worried about sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, which had been battling the coronavirus, so he sent an email explaining the complexity and the urgency of …

Ayesha Curry got her whole family together to unveil the name of her new magazine in a cute video she shared on Instagram on Wednesday (April 1). The new lifestyle magazine, which will be published under Meredith Corporation, will be called Sweet July. The cookbook author and restaurateur first announced …

The criminal justice reform organization founded by Meek Mill and Jay-Z is sending aid to U.S. correctional facilities, which have been especially impacted by the global shortage of protective gear in wake of the coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, the REFORM Alliance announced that it partnered with advocate Shaka Senghor to …

Bill Withers, the iconic singer-songwriter who wrote and sang a string of soulful hits in the 1970’s, has died from heart complications at the age of 81. Withers passed away Monday (Mar. 30) in Los Angeles, but his Friday announced the sad news Friday morning, saying in a statement: …

Read: Everyone thinks they’re right about masks “For the people who are connected to Wuhan, the overwhelming sentiment is terrible déjà vu,” Tony Fan says. Fan, 32, grew up near Atlanta, and he and his wife have family in and around Wuhan. They moved to Hong Kong a few years …

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