photo credit: Tinseltown // Shutterstock Beyonce and her BeyGOOD Foundation have just announced that they are donating funds towards the hardest hit areas that are lacking funding. The foundation will be donating to provide basic necessities like food, water, cleaning supplies, medicines, face masks and personal hygiene items. With everything that COVID-19 have affected, mental health burdens…… read more »
photo credit: Evan El-Amin // Shutterstock On Thursday, during a White House COVID-19 briefing, President Donald Trump asked if there were a way to inject humans with disinfectant due to its ability to kill the virus within a minute. Trump now says he was asking the question to reporters in a sarcastic way just to…… read more »
photo credit: JStone // Shutterstock There is a Whitney Houston biopic in the works. Her estate along with producer Clive Davis and Primary Wave Music will be partners for the movie. The film will be entitled, “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.” The featured film will come from the screenwriter of “Bohemian Rhapsody.” “From all my personal and…… read more »
photo credit: hurricanehank // Shutterstock For all my gamers, the time has finally come for Travis Scott virtual concert via Fortnite. During the “Astronomical” event, Travis Scott will be dropping a new track as part of what’s being called “an other-worldly experience” that was “built from the ground up in Fortnite.” Jumping into Astronomical at these set times will…… read more »
photo credit: EQRoy // Shutterstock There has been a positive test at the Perdue Farms plant in Lewiston-Woodville, that caused about some employees to stay home on Wednesday. Diana Souder, Perdue corporate communications director said some 60 employees protested going to work on Wednesday. She said more than 1,700 work at the plant. Souder told WITN the…… read more »
photo credit: Evan El-Amin // Shutterstock North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has decided to extend the stay-at-home order, set to expire on April 29th, until May 8th. The extension is only 8 days from the original expiration date. “After a thorough analysis, it’s clear that we’re flattening the curve, but our state is not ready to lift…… read more »
photo credit: DMS Foto // Shutterstock The Mayor and Council Members in Carolina Beach have decided to re-open the municipal beach strand effective Monday, April 27, 2020, 12:00 p.m., for exercise purposes only. The following restrictions will apply: 1) All public parking lots shall remain closed to the general public. 2) Public restroom facilities shall remain closed.…… read more »
photo credit: “Straight Outta Compton” actor, Jason Mitchell is now facing four felony charges after being arrested in Mississippi on Wednesday. During a traffic stop, police found two pounds of weed and 1,300 doses of MDMA in Mitchell’s car along with two guns, a Glock 19 pistol and a mini Draco AK47 semi-automatic pistol. The weed…… read more »
photo credit: Gargantiopa // Shutterstock According to USA Today, McDonald’s is officially giving away free “Thank You Meals” to all first responders and health care workers currently putting in hard work and increased hours to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Beginning April 22 through May 5, all health care workers, police officers, firefighters and paramedics will be able to receive a…… read more »
photo credit: Sue Smith // Shutterstock It looks like Georgia is the first to take a leap of faith in this COVID-19 pandemic. Their governor Brian Kemp has announced that on Friday, April 24th, he will allow fitness centers, bowling alleys, body art studios, barbers, hair and nail salons, and massage therapy businesses to reopen. Theaters, restaurants and…… read more »