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Plastic Pollution

The Pandemic Is Bringing Back Single-Use Plastics In a Huge Way

One winner in the coronavirus pandemic: single-use plastic. Just a few weeks ago, states were implementing sweeping plastic bag bans and limiting the availability of plastic straws. But as the virus has spread through the U.S., states are rolling back their plastic bag bans, stores are banning the use of…

bubmagMay 9, 2020

Mexico Border Wall

How Today’s Fake News Is Different Than in the Past

Fake News Source: Pixabay Although the term "fake news" emerged toward the end of the 19th century, false and distorted news has been a part of media history long before social media. There are tons of examples of false news throughout history. It was used in Nazi Germany to build anti-Semitic enthusiasm. In…

bubmagMay 9, 2020

Food Industry

Guy Fieri raises over $20 million for struggling restaurant workers

Restaurants prepare to reopen with virus guidelines Guy Fieri is once again stepping up to help people in need, raising more than $20 million for restaurant workers who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic. So far, he's helped tens of thousands of people through his relief efforts,…

bubmagMay 9, 2020

Tesla

Podcast of the Week: The Electrek Podcast

This week’s podcast of the week is one of the podcasts on the 9to5 network. Over the past few years, I’ve been learning a lot about electric vehicles, and I have a Tesla Cybertruck on preorder. I told my wife recently that I’ve made my last non-EV car purchase, and…

bubmagMay 9, 2020

Fortnite

Coronavirus cancellations and delays: Defcon, Fortnite World Cup, more

Major events are closing down due to concerns over COVID-19. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc. As people are ordered to stay at home and avoid contact with others, a cascade of…

bubmagMay 9, 2020

Matteo Salvini

Italy has long been Europe’s wild card. The coronavirus has upped the risk.

A man serves take away food in a restaurant, in Ladispoli, a coastal town some 18 miles north of Rome on Saturday, May 9, 2020. ANDREW MEDICHINI/AP By CHICO HARLAN AND STEFANO PITRELLI | The Washington Post | Published: May 9, 2020 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the…

bubmagMay 9, 2020

Spanish Flu

1918 Flu Pandemic VS 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic | NowThis

102 years later, has all that much changed?» Subscribe to NowThis: http://go.nowth.is/News_Subscribe» Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: https://go.nowth.is/KnowThisIn US news and current events today, this is what life looked like during the 1918 pandemic. Here is…

bubmagMay 9, 2020

Vietnam

Fact check: Coronavirus’s annual death toll can’t yet be calculated, compared

Adrienne Dunn USA TODAYPublished 11:50 AM EDT May 12, 2020The claim: Opioids, heart disease and cancer kill more Americans annually than the coronavirus.As the coronavirus death toll continues to rise in the U.S., it is drawing comparisons to other causes of death.One recurring argument is that COVID-19 has a lower death…

bubmagMay 9, 2020

Rijksmuseum

Virtual Art Galleries

The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest art gallery in the United States. It has over two million works of art in its permanent collection. The Met 360° Project is a series of six 360° movies which allow you to explore the museum and…

bubmagMay 9, 2020

Siberian Tiger

Siegfried & Roy: What to know about the iconic Las Vegas act

At the time of Roy Horn's death from coronavirus complications on Friday, nearly two decades had passed since the 75-year-old was a fixture on the Las Vegas stage.He had still near-instant name recognition, however, when his first name was paired with that of Siegfried Fischbacher, his longtime partner in a magic act that…

bubmagMay 9, 2020

The Pandemic Is Bringing Back Single-Use Plastics In a Huge Way

How Today’s Fake News Is Different Than in the Past

Guy Fieri raises over $20 million for struggling restaurant workers

Podcast of the Week: The Electrek Podcast

Coronavirus cancellations and delays: Defcon, Fortnite World Cup, more

Italy has long been Europe’s wild card. The coronavirus has upped the risk.

1918 Flu Pandemic VS 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic | NowThis

Fact check: Coronavirus’s annual death toll can’t yet be calculated, compared

Virtual Art Galleries

Siegfried & Roy: What to know about the iconic Las Vegas act

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