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- "Top health experts" say President Biden's plan to go door-to-door urging people to get vaccinated isn't sufficient at this point, and that in order to stop the devastation of the delta variant, states and employers need to start mandating vaccinations.
- The boat that blocked the Suez Canal has finally sailed out of there after its owner paid the Egyptian government around $200 million.
- After facing backlash, the International Swimming Federation said it's revisiting its decision to ban the Soul Cap, a swim cap designed for natural Black hair. But as of now, British Olympian Alice Dearing, who's a brand ambassador for the Soul Cap, won't be able to wear it at the Games.
- According to two lunatics who tried 400 pizzerias around the country and then wrote a book about it, Portland, Oregon, has the country's best pizza.
- In Seoul, South Korea, one in three adults say they haven't had sex in the past year, with 20-somethings having sex at the same rate as residents in their 60s.
- TikTokers using CGI and other sophisticated technology to make themselves look younger — or Black or Asian — has become a serious problem.
- Reese Witherspoon is considering selling her production company, which made Big Little Lies and The Morning Show, for $1 billion.
- Broadway veteran Suzzanne Douglas, who recently starred in the movie When They See Us: The Central Park Five, has died at the age of 64.
- Filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. has also died; you can revisit our 2016 interview with him here.
- And finally, hell no:
Published Jul 7, 2021
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