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President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Monday to openly warn North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper that if he doesn’t make a call on whether Charlotte can accommodate the Republican National Convention this summer, Trump will move it elsewhere. The GOP convention is currently scheduled for August 24-27. The Democratic…

Even as government officials scolded and health experts warned, Americans flocked to the beaches this Memorial Day weekend after two months of confinement. Beaches from the East coast to the West coast and along the southern tip in Florida, Texas and more were packed, and lakes saw an influx of boaters and party…

Broadway star Nick Cordero’s has had a positive uptick in his health as he continues to battle coronavirus at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles. His wife, Amanda Kloots, issued a positive report late on Friday after some discouraging words on earlier in the week. She did not specify what caused the setback, but…

Film director Michael Moore correctly predicted the results of the 2016 presidential election, one of the few liberals who saw what was happening in the key battleground states. Now, he’s again looking at the upcoming election, and doesn’t like what he sees (at least, so far). Speaking out in a Vanity Fair article…

The National Basketball Association is having what it terms "exploratory conversations" with the Walt Disney Co. about resuming its postponed season. The league issued a statement Saturday on its Twitter account. If the talks bear fruit, the season would resume in late July at Disney's ESPN complex in Orlando as a…

Normally, Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer, as people take the long weekend to gather with friends and family, participate in parades and solemn ceremonies honoring the nation’s war dead, and generally enjoy the start of the outdoor season. But as we all know, this is far from normal times. And so it is with…

A global livestream event that aims to benefit the Amazon Emergency Fund, an indigenous-led effort providing rapid response grants in that region to address the pandemic, is set for May 28.   Jane Fonda, Morgan Freeman, Carlos Santana, Peter Gabriel and numerous other artists will join indigenous leaders, scientists…

Expect a Splash next week from Josh Gad’s Reunited Apart YouTube series: Cast and producers of the classic 1984 mermaid comedy will get together – remotely – on Tuesday for the third installment of Gad’s reunion series. Gad just posted a new teaser for the series, confirming what an earlier, briefer, wordless teaser…

Trevor Noah and the Daily Social Distancing Show’s news roundup of the day focused first on the catastrophic flooding plaguing Michigan. The collapse of a dam has led to mandatory evacuations in the central part of the state. “God damn it, man,” exclaimed Noah. “I feel so bad for people who have to flee their homes…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that most Facebook employees can work from home wherever they want. But they should not expect to get Silicon Valley salary levels if they relocate to less-expensive areas. Speaking at an internal employee town hall meeting livestreamed on Facebook, Zuckerberg said the…

There’s two sure-fire ways to piss off Donald Trump, according to Daily Social Distancing Show host Trevor Noah: show him that shirtless photo of Obama, and give people access to mail-in votes. Noah’s remark reflected President Trump’s tweet threat to withhold federal funding to Nevada and Michigan for taking…

Nick Cordero, the Broadway actor whose long battle with COVID-19 has been chronicled on Instagram, “had a bad morning,” with wife Amanda Kloots noting in an Instagram Story video today that “things are going a little downhill at the moment.” Kloots, a fitness trainer, did not offer additional details. “I am asking…