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Month: April 2020

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Pope calls coronavirus health workers, priests ‘saints next door’

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Pope Francis attends a Mass for Holy Thursday, inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Thursday. Francis celebrated the Holy Week, which was largely empty of faithful because of restrictions aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19, by first honoring priests and medical staff tending to coronavirus patients. (Alessandro Di Meo/Pool Photo via AP) Francis also raised concerns over priests who have been insulted because of the Catholic Church’s child sex-abuse scandals. “Today I carry you in my heart and I carry you to the altar,” he said. “Ugly…

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DQ’s Cotton Candy-Dipped Ice Cream Cone Was Practically Made For Instagram

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Courtesy of Dairy Queen Dairy Queen’s Cotton Candy-Dipped Cone Is Coming Soon For A Pastel Treat By Lara Walsh March 11, 2020 Dairy Queen is bringing back a pastel-hued treat that’ll brighten up your Instagram Feed. Dairy Queen’s Cotton Candy-Dipped Cone is coming back soon for 2020, and the dreamy confection has already been spotted at a number of DQ locations nationwide. Ice cream fans, rejoice, because this whimsical baby blue treat will be available through the summer. If you’re a DQ regular, you know that the retailer doesn’t mess…

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I Am Not At All Relaxed by Animal Crossing

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My house in Animal Crossing: New Horizons looks like the “guys really live in apartments like this” meme. My landscaping looks like the set of Holes. The host of a Netflix gardening show might issue a begrudging nod toward my patchy garden before they trip on a half-buried tire on their way out and stumble into a bramble of unpruned weeds. Widely lauded—including by WIRED—as the perfect pastime for this quarantine moment, Animal Crossing: New Horizons must mean to be relaxing. It has the telltale signs: chibi animals talking in…

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Naomi Watts Hilariously Documents Her Quarantine Meltdown After Three Home Appliances Break In One Day – Perez Hilton

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This is all too relatable and gave us the laugh we truly needed right now! Naomi Watts proved she’s just like the rest of us who might be going a little stir crazy at home while social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic. It’s been about a month since Americans were instructed to stay home and on Tuesday, the 51-year-old actress took to Instagram and hilariously documented how bad things have gotten after not one, not two, but THREE of her important household appliances broke in one day. Yikes! Watts described…

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This Twitter Account Collects Photos Of Cats In Small Shops Looking Like They Own The Place

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And these furballs aren’t just judging the buyers and their purchasing choices. No, no, they also provide comfort to workers after they endure clients from hell and can even carry out pest control missions, managing or preventing rodent infestations. reply Unfollow 9 hours ago Such a happy relaxed little face in contrast to that headline. Unfollow 9 hours ago Starting tomorrow new diet of fruits and veggies. I promise Andre Duran, one of the owners of a corner store in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, said he had kept a cat for about…

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These Photos Of Cats Keeping Their Owners Company During Quarantine Are Too Cute

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Kseniya Ovchinnikova/Moment/Getty Images These Photos Of #QuarantineCats Are The Cutest Pick-Me-Up By Daffany Chan March 17, 2020 Humans aren’t the only ones coping with quarantine as they practice social distancing in an effort to halt the spread of coronavirus — the internet is buzzing with pet owners sharing snaps of their furry friends during the period of self-isolation. The hilarious kittens are getting so much love that the hashtag #QuarantineCats was trending on Twitter on Monday, March 16. If you don’t have a feline pal keeping you company, check out…

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US sees highest one-day death toll from coronavirus

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New peak in Covid-19 deaths was propelled by New York City, which recorded 806 fatalities on Tuesday The US suffered its highest daily death toll from 731 people were killed by Covid-19 across New York state, the previous highest daily jump. The US remains on top of the world league table for confirmed cases compiled A new CNN poll found that a majority of those sampled, some 55%, thought the federal government had done a poor job in handling the health emergency and slowing the spread of the virus across…

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