A Native American tribe has officially reclaimed a part of their ancestral land in California’s scenic Big Sur coast after ceding control more than 250 years ago to Spanish colonial settlements, courtesy of a conservancy group. The Esselen Tribe, which is one of the state’s least-known tribes, has now taken control of over 1,199 acres
According to reports, President Trump has announced plans to ban TikTok from the United States through an executive action that could happen as soon as Saturday. “As far as TikTok is concerned we’re banning them from the United States,” Trump said to reporters while on Air Force One. “Well, I have that authority. I can
Over 200 summer campers at a YMCA in Georgia contracted the coronavirus after just days into their stay. The YMCA’s Camp High Harbor in Rabun County was forced to shut down after 260 of the tested residents had positive results. The first reported case was on June 24 and began sending campers home soon after
Russian officials recently told CNN that they are on track to approve the world’s first coronavirus vaccine by August 10 or earlier. The vaccine, which has been created by the Moscow-based Gamaleya Institute, will be available for frontline healthcare workers first. There has been some skepticism surrounding the vaccine, which has no scientific data available, according
According to the World Health Organization, the COVID-19 virus is far from normal seasonal influenza. WHO described the virus as “one big wave” and warned against countries in the Northern Hemisphere (specifically the United States) approaching the pandemic as they would the flu. WHO official Dr. Margaret Harris said during a briefing on Tuesday, “We
The world’s most extensive COVID-19 vaccine study began on Monday with the help of 30,000 volunteers testing out the newly developed shots by the U.S. government. The vaccine created by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna is still in the experimental phase and is not guaranteed to protect against the virus. Participants will not
According to reports, the camera used to film the LAPD beating motorist Rodney King in 1991 is going up for auction. The starting bid for the camera is $225,000. The camera captured the incident, which went down on March 3, 1991. The man who filmed the incident—George Holliday shot the incident from the balcony of
California holds the most confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States. California has recorded 409,000 confirmed cases and has 1,200 more cases than New York. However, data from John’s Hopkins University has New York remaining at the top of the list of COVID-19 deaths with 72,302. While these numbers are staggering, the CDC warns
According to reports, a 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard was convicted on 5,230 counts of accessory to murder in what is possibly the final World War II trial in history. The man, identified only as “Bruno D,” was an SS guard at the Stutthof concentration camp from 1944 to 1945 near the Polish city
KFC announced that they are working with a 3D bioprinting company in Russia to create lab-produced chicken nuggets. The statement reads, “KFC is taking the next step in its innovative concept of creating a ‘restaurant of the future’ by launching the development of innovative 3D bioprinting technology to create chicken meat in cooperation with the
