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Bernie Sanders debuts viral Inauguration Day ‘chairman’ sweater for charity

Bernie Sanders has fully embraced his viral moment at Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration.

The Vermont senator’s team recently debuted a “Chairman Sanders Crewneck” sweater that shows a masked Sanders sitting arms-crossed in his fold-out chair and comfy mittens – a moment that was highly joked about and celebrated on social media.

“Vermont jacket, Vermont gloves, Vermont common sense,” the sweater’s product page on the Bernie Campaign Store says.

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The clothing item is currently available for pre-orders and will reportedly be made in the U.S. out of ring-spun organic cotton fleece.

Bernie Sanders has fully embraced his viral moment at Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration with the “Chairman Sanders Crewneck” sweater. (Bernie Campaign Store)

Supporters of Sanders are going to have to spend a little more than the average $27 donation the Vermont senator has boasted about in his past presidential runs.

The Chairman Sanders Crewneck retails for $45. However, 100% of the proceeds will go to Meals on Wheels Vermont, according to Sanders’ campaign website.

Sanders’ team hasn’t promoted the sweater as of yet, but that hasn’t stopped social media users from spotting the branded merchandise.

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“You knew this was coming,” tweeted Local 22 News Anchor Lauren Maloney. “‘Chairman Sanders’ swag.”

Other Twitter users shared that they appreciated the Vermont senator’s level of self-awareness.

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For example, NBC News’ Gary Grumbach wrote, “Sen. @BernieSanders is in on the joke. His store is now selling ‘Chairman Sanders’ sweatshirts.”

Meanwhile, author and co-founder of the Women’s March Linda Sarsour commended Sanders and his team for reportedly working with a unionized printer.

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“Bernie’s Merch Store is selling these crewnecks,” Sarsour shared. “They are union printed – OF COURSE. ALL PROCEEDS go to Meals on Wheels! I love you @BernieSanders!”

When it comes down to how the 79-year old senator feels about his viral and meme-able moment, Sanders laughed during an interview with CBS This Morning’s Gayle King on Wednesday.

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“In Vermont, we dress warm – we know something about the cold. And we’re not so concerned about good fashion,” he told King at the time. “We want to keep warm. And that’s what I did today.”

Trash from Mount Everest to be turned into art to highlight garbage problem

A new gallery in Nepal is going to showcase artwork made from garbage that has been removed from Mount Everest, according to a recent report.

The Sagarmatha Next Centre, a visitors’ center on the main trail to the Mount Everest base camp, will be hosting the gallery as a way to draw attention to the immense amount of trash that is left on Mount Everest.

According to Reuters, artists will create artwork using garbage that Everest hikers often leave behind, including “used oxygen bottles, torn tents, ropes, broken ladders, cans and plastic wrappers.”

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The artists will also reportedly teach local residents how to turn the garbage into pieces of art, the news agency reported.

“We want to showcase how you can transform solid waste to precious pieces of art … and generate employment and income,” Project director and Sagarmatha Next Centre co-founder Tommy Gustafsson told Reuters.

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“We hope to change the people’s perceptions about the garbage and manage it,” he added.

A bird flies with Mount Everest seen in the background from Namche Bajar, Solukhumbu district, Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

According to Reuters, the gallery is set to have a “soft opening” for locals in the spring. It will have artwork on display “to raise environmental awareness” and it will sell souvenirs, Reuters reported.

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The proceeds for those souvenirs will go to conservation in the area, Gustafsson told the news agency.

According to Reuters, the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee is responsible for bringing garbage down the mountain, but because the area is so remote and doesn’t have roads, the task is challenging.

Customer leaves $200 tip for each worker at Colorado cafe because ‘COVID sucks’

Seven employees at a Colorado restaurant each went home with a $200 tip from the same customer earlier this week.

On Wednesday, Notchtop Bakery & Cafe in Estes Park, Colorado, posted a picture of the $1,400 tip on Facebook.

The customer — who was only identified as “David,” by Notchtop — left the generous tip on a $20 meal.

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He also wrote a note on the receipt with a smiley face, saying: “COVID sucks! $200 for each employee today!”

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Along with the photo of the receipt, Notchtop also included a picture of its seven employees who each received $200.

A customer at a Colorado cafe left a $1,400 tip on a $20 meal to be split among the cafe’s seven workers. (iStock)

“Thank you David for your generous gift to our staff,” the restaurant wrote on Facebook. “Your gift has touched many lives.”

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Because the coronavirus pandemic has been particularly challenging for the restaurant industry, many people have been leaving extra-large tips at their favorite establishments.

Some people have even participated in the viral “Venmo Challenge,” where people raise money from their social media followers and give all the donations to a restaurant server.

Arkansas restaurant raises $9G for food bank despite coronavirus challenges

The coronavirus pandemic has been particularly tough on the restaurant industry, but one Arkansas restaurant still managed to raise more than $9,000 for a local food bank.

On Thursday, Chicken Salad Chick, in Fayetteville, Arkansas, donated $9,400 to the Northwest Arkansas (NWA) Food Bank.

According to a Facebook post from the food bank, the donation is expected to provide 94,000 meals to people in Northwest Arkansas who are food insecure.

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“Thank you Sharon and your team for your generous support of our organization,” NWA Food Bank wrote on Facebook. “We appreciate you!”

According to the post, the Fayetteville Chicken Salad Chick — a fast-casual restaurant franchise — sold $5 “Giving Cards” to customers during the month of December.

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The cards included $60 worth of coupons and the restaurant donated 100% of the profits to NWA Food Bank.

A restaurant in Arkansas donated $9,400 to a local food bank, despite the difficulties restaurants faced during the pandemic. (iStock)

“Their sales effort was also generously matched by an anonymous donor, resulting in $9,400 donation,” the post said.

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“At Chicken Salad Chick, we are passionate about connecting with local groups in our community to help feed the hungry,” Sharon Etchison, the Fayetteville Chicken Salad Chick franchisee, told 5 News Online.

According to the station, the restaurant gave its donation to the food bank on Thursday, the same day Chicken Salad Chick was celebrating its “Guest Appreciation Day,” when customers received a free scoop of chicken salad for free.

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“We were honored to partner with Northwest Arkansas Food Bank again this year, and it was wonderful to see our team members and community come together to support this cause,” Etchison said ahead of Thursday’s event. “We are excited to tie the check presentation into our Guest Appreciation Day because we would not have been able to make this donation without our amazing guests.”

Bernie Sanders’ mittens draw attention to Vermont’s winter attire

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont isn’t letting his mittens’ fame get to his head.

Sanders was photographed wearing a pair of repurposed mittens to President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday and the image quickly went viral.

However, instead of soaking in the attention, Sanders has been turning the focus back to his home state — where temperatures can get quite chilly.

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On Wednesday, after the inauguration, Sanders told CBS News that as a Vermonter, he knows how to dress warmly.

“In Vermont … we know something about the cold,” he said. “And we’re not so concerned about good fashion, we want to keep warm. And that’s what I did today.”

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Sanders reportedly told another reporter that he’s glad the photo has gone viral because it “makes people aware that we make good mittens in Vermont.”

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., sits in the bleachers on Capitol Hill during President Joe Biden’s inauguration. (Getty Images)

“We have some good coats as well,” Sanders reportedly added.

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Sanders’ quote was posted on Twitter on Thursday and, just like the photo, quickly went viral.

“I’m familiar with the Burlington Coat Factory,” one person responded.

After his mittens went viral on Wednesday, Sanders said he was glad that Vermont-made mittens were getting attention. (Associated Press)

Someone else added: “They’re more than great coats.”

Another person affirmed Sanders’ logic, tweeting: “Those of us that live in northern parts of the country completely understand his vibe during the ceremony. Nothing better than a warm pair of mittens bro.”

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Though they’ve gained a lot of attention over the last two days, this isn’t the first time Sanders’ mittens have gone viral.

Sanders has apparently been wearing the mittens — made by a teacher from Essex Junction, Vt. — for several years. (Associated Press)

He’s reportedly been wearing them for several years — including on the campaign trail for his own presidential run.

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The mittens were made by Jen Ellis, a teacher from Essex Junction, Vt., who created the sustainable gift out of repurposed and recycled materials.

Ellis told Slate that since Sanders was photographed wearing the mittens during the inauguration, she’s been inundated with emails.

“I think my Gmail has crashed now,” she told the magazine.

“Every five minutes I was getting several hundred more emails about the mittens,” she added later.

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However, Ellis isn’t planning on selling more mittens. Though she was selling about 30 or 40 mittens she made from repurposed and up-cycled sweaters last year when she first tweeted about making Sanders’ mittens, Ellis doesn’t have any of the materials left.

“People have been contacting me thinking that they can get mittens, and actually they can’t,” she told Slate. “I don’t have any more, and I don’t have much of a mitten business anymore because it really wasn’t worth it.”

“It wasn’t really worth it pursuing that as a business, even as a side hustle,” she added later. “I mostly just make them as gifts.”

Fox News’ Cortney Moore contributed to this report.

Georgia man accused of scamming $980G from grocery store

When this enterprising man got a job at a Georgia Kroger, he got right to work – scamming nearly $1 million from the store during the two weeks he worked there, according to police.

Police in Gwinnett County said 19-year-old Tre Brown scammed more than $980,000 from the Duluth, Georgia grocery store where he worked in December and January.

Brown created more than 40 returns for non-existent items and put them on credit cards, police said. The returns ranged in price from $75 to more than $87,000.

Police in Gwinnett County said 19-year-old Tre Brown scammed more than $980,000 from the Kroger where he worked in December and January.
(Gwinnett County Police)

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He used the money to buy two vehicles, clothes, shoes and guns, according to police.

The scam was so brazen that it caught the attention of corporate Kroger employees. They contacted the police department after noticing the fraudulent transactions.

Brown is facing a charge of theft by taking.

The scam was so brazen that it caught the attention of corporate Kroger employees.
(iStock)

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Police said Brown totaled one of the vehicles he bought with the money before he was arrested, but “a large sum of the money” was returned after his arrest.

Skipping dinner might lead to weight gain, new study says

Avoiding your nighttime meal could potentially mean extra pounds in the long run, a new study published in the peer-reviewed Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute suggests.

Multiple researchers at Osaka University observed health records from 17,573 male and 8,860 female students (age 18 and older) over the course of three years and found that study participants who regularly skipped dinner were likely to gain weight or be overweight.

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Dinner skipping was found to be the main commonality among 10.8% of the male study participants who gained weight and the 17.1% of the female study participants who gained weight.

Ditching dinner was more “associated with overweight/obesity in men and women, respectively” than breakfast and lunch did, according to the study’s findings.

Avoiding your nighttime meal could potentially mean extra pounds in the long run, a new study from Osaka University suggests. (iStock)

For the male and female participants who gained weight during the study, a significant number were said to likely be older, more overweight, sleep less, drink or smoke more and skip other meals more frequently than those who ate dinner on a regular basis.

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Unlike their female counterparts, the male students who gained weight were also likely eat dinner later than those who did not gain weight – or at least that was the case whenever they chose to not skip the evening meal altogether.

Both sexes, though, were found to be “significantly associated with ≥10% weight gain and overweight/obesity (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2).”

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For reference, a body mass index of 25 ranges between 119 and 205 pounds depending on a person’s height, according to a BMI table published by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

However, the weight-focused health metric does have a limitation when it comes to muscle versus fat, which could mistakenly classify an athletic person as overweight if muscle mass is not accounted for.

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A body mass index of 25 ranges between 119 and 205 pounds depending on a person’s height, according to a BMI table published by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (iStock)

Researchers do not completely understand why dinner skipping appears to contribute to weight gain. Though, they have theorized the correlation between the two could be due to “an excess of energy intake” that can occur with an unregulated appetite.

In other words, skipping dinner could mean a higher hunger threshold, which could consequently cause a person to eat more than they usually would.

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Further studies on the topic need to be conducted, but researchers were able to come up with a hypothesis for dinner skipping and its potential relation to weight.

“The present retrospective cohort study identified skipping dinner as a significant predictor of weight gain and overweight/obesity,” the study stated in its conclusion. “These results suggest that dinner frequency may be a critical lifestyle factor for the prevention of obesity in addition to breakfast frequency.”

California wineries, restaurants sue Newsom over in-person dining ban

A group of California wineries and restaurants sued Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state public health officer this week in an effort to overturn the state’s ban on outdoor dining and wine tasting.

The Wine Country Coalition for Safe Reopening, a group of more than 50 businesses in Napa and Sonoma counties, alleged in the lawsuit that California’s ban “is arbitrary, irrational and unfair,” and that it has hurt local businesses and thousands of workers who lost their jobs.

California added new COVID-19 restrictions in early December amid rising coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. The state hit a high of more than 45,000 new cases reported in Dec. 18, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The restaurants and wineries bringing the new case against the state said they were unfairly targeted without scientific evidence while other indoor businesses like retailers were allowed to continue operating “with little regulation.”

A group of California wineries and restaurants sued Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state public health officer this week in an effort to overturn the state’s ban on outdoor dining and wine tasting. (iStock)

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If state officials had assessed data on outdoor dining or wine tasting, “they would have found no scientific evidence indicating that when conducted with protective measures, it contributes to the spread of COVID at all,” the lawsuit alleges. “To the contrary, a growing body of scientific literature indicates the opposite.”

Carl Dene of Sam’s General Store, a member of the Wine Country Coalition, said that the business owners do support the state’s efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19, noting that they have “collectively invested millions of dollars to operate safely for our customers and employees.”

“All we ask is to be treated fairly and in accordance with the science,” Dene said in a written statement. “Though the data shows we can operate outdoors safely, our state officials continue to shut us down while trusting big-box retail stores to operate in much riskier indoor settings.”

The Wine Country Coalition for Safe Reopening is a group of more than 50 businesses in Napa and Sonoma counties.
(iStock)

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The state order bans dining establishments from providing any on-site service, indoor or outdoor. Businesses are only allowed to provide curbside pickup, takeaway or delivery services. The order was issued in communities where available hospital ICU capacity fell below 15%.

Anyone caught defying the order could face fines, the loss of their business license and other penalties, according to the state.

Newsom said at the time of the order that he was “clear-eyed that this is hard on all of us – especially our small businesses who are struggling to get by,” and promised more grants and tax relief to help them.

“If we stay home as much as possible, and wear masks when we have to go to the doctor, shop for groceries or go for a hike, California can come out of this in a way that saves lives and puts us on a path toward economic recovery,” Newsom previously said.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom added new COVID-19 restrictions in early December amid rising coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

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This is not the first lawsuit brought against California officials over dining bans amid the coronavirus pandemic. The owner of one restaurant in Sherman Oaks also filed a suit last month over the outdoor dining ban, alleging it was “a gross abuse of their power.” And a judge previously ruled in favor of a group of Los Angeles restaurants who challenged a county outdoor dining ban in November, though an appeal is pending. But this appears to be largest case raised so far against state officials over the ban.

In the meantime, business owners said the ban is costing them. Anthony “Nash” Cognetti, executive chef and founder of wine country event space Tre Posti, said he lost out on an estimated $3.5 million in gross revenue last year.

“The latest shutdowns have forced us to lay off 95 valuable staff members, and it’s devastating to consider what this has meant for them and their families,” Cognetti said. “If we make it through the dining ban, we fear there won’t be enough local industry workers left to rebuild our staff.”

British woman burns mouth, cracks tooth after mistaking ‘poppers’ for candy

Fireworks are not candy.

A woman from England says she mistook a small box of firework poppers for popping candy. When she tried to eat a handful of the poppers, she reportedly suffered burns to her mouth.

Lisa Boothroyd says she bought a box of Fun Snaps from a local store, where it was stored near various candy items.
(SWNS)

Lisa Boothroyd says she bought a box of Fun Snaps from a local store, where it was stored near various candy items, Southwest News Service (SWNS) reports. According to her, the product’s placement in the store and the design of the box led her to believe that the Fun Snaps were candies. Instead, she had actually bought a box of novelty noisemakers.

When she tried to eat a handful, however, she quickly realized her mistake.

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“I remember the moment I crunched down on a handful of the ‘sweets’ — and instantly felt explosions in my mouth,” Boothroyd said. “I felt a burning pain straight away. I’m still in agony and nearly lost a tooth after it cracked from the explosion.”

According to SWNS, Boothroyd suffered chemical burns to her lips and gums and also cracked one of her teeth. Fortunately, she says she didn’t lose any teeth.

Boothroyd reportedly suffered chemical burns to her lips and gums and also cracked one of her teeth. Fortunately, she says she didn’t lose any teeth.
(SWNS)

“That moment I crunched down was terrifying, I had no idea what was happening,” she said. “I felt explosions in my mouth followed by a burning pain.”

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She continued, “The ‘fun snaps’ were with all the other sweets, and the packaging was similar, so it was an easy mistake to make. I just keep thinking what could have happened if I’d given them to a child — they could’ve blown her mouth apart.”

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According to SWNS, Fun Snaps are tiny fireworks that are made with sand or gravel. They are combined with a small amount of silver fulminate and are twisted inside paper. When thrown against a hard surface, they make a pop, which why they’re often referred to as poppers or snappers.

NASCAR sending driver Hailie Deegan to sensitivity training for using slur during online race

NASCAR is sending driver Hailie Deegan to sensitivity training following her use of a slur during an online simulation race on Sunday.

Deegan was heard saying “This is fun. Oh, ay, who’s the r—-d behind me? Don’t do that please,” while streaming the iRacing event on Twitch.

Deegan, 19, apologized for the incident on Twitter, but NASCAR confirmed on Monday evening that it would require her to complete the program before the start of the 2021 season in February, when she is set to kick off her first full-time season in the Camping World Truck Series driving a Ford F-150 for David Gilliland Racing.

DGR has not commented on the incident, but Ford said she “acknowledged this mistake, has apologized and promised to be much more thoughtful in the future.”

An iRacing spokesman told Fox News that it does not comment on individual members, but that its code of community standards does not allow the type of language Deegan used and that the Chief Steward of the platform reaches out to anyone who violates it to address the situation.

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Last April, NASCAR suspended Cup Series driver Kyle Larson after he used the N-word during an iRacing event and had him complete sensitivity training before reinstating him to the series for this year.

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