If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Let’s face it: the mandatory quarantine put in place by a number of states last year gave us a lot of time on our hands. Even if you …
Read More »Caught for Catching 'Em All: Feds Say Georgia Man Spent Covid Aid on Pokémon Cards
A Georgia man is facing a wire fraud charge for using Covid-19 relief money to allegedly purchase over $55,000 worth of Pokémon cards. Prosecutors in the Southern District of Georgia accused Vinath Oudomsine of lying on an application for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL), one of a handful of …
Read More »Yola Cancels Concerts After Testing Positive for Covid-19
UPDATE (9/7): Yola has canceled two more concerts as she recovers from Covid-19. The vocalist will not perform at the Moon River Festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on September 11th or in Athens, Georgia, on September 13th with Jason Isbell. “Yola is resting at home and is starting to feel better,” …
Read More »Pfizer Full FDA Approval and What It Means for Covid Vaccine Mandates
On Monday morning, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted full approval to the first Covid-19 vaccine — a significant milestone in the ongoing fight to end the pandemic. Eight months after issuing Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, followed by millions of shots in arms across …
Read More »'We Will Survive': Dead & Company Kick Off U.S. Tour With Resilience and Hits
One month ago, it appeared that the concert season — rearranged, stifled or outright canceled for more than a year — may have begun to return to what music fans have hoped for and expected: sweaty, unmasked mosh pits for some, cozy seats with obscenely large cupholders for others. Tours …
Read More »Emmys to be Held in 'Indoor/Outdoor Setting' With Limited Nominated Invitees
The Emmys will now take place in an “indoor/outdoor setting,” the Television Academy announced on Tuesday. As Variety reports, both the Primetime and Creative ceremonies will be held on the Event Deck of L.A. Live, directly behind its usual indoor Microsoft Theater home, where it was initially set to take …
Read More »UFC President Dana White on Packed Arena: 'It's Time to Get Back to Normal'
JACKSONVILLE — A sold-out crowd of 15,259 UFC fans packed the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday for the pay-per-view card that marked the first full capacity indoor sporting event in the United States since Covid-19 hit the country hard in March 2020. Although vaccination rates are …
Read More »BTS Condemn Anti-Asian Racism: 'We Feel Grief and Anger'
BTS denounced widespread anti-Asian racism following a surge of violence in the U.S. “We stand against racial discrimination,” the South Korean pop group tweeted Monday night, using the hashtags #StopAsianHate and #StopAAPIHate. “We condemn violence. You, I and we all have the right to be respected. We will stand together.” …
Read More »Trump's Covid-19 Illness Was Worse Than White House Let On, Report Says
According to multiple New York Times sources, when Trump contracted the coronavirus in October 2020, his condition was far more serious than what health officials or the White House told the public. The paper reported that Trump’s illness was so dire that at one point his blood oxygen sank into …
Read More »These Face Masks Meet the CDC Requirements For Face Coverings
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. As coronavirus cases continue to rise across the country, government officials are now encouraging people to keep their faces covered at all times when they’re outside — even …
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