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Vendors at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota are selling merchandise bearing Nazi imagery
One vendor at this year's rally told a local news outlet she was OK selling offensive imagery to bi…
Azmi Haroun
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Hundreds of thousands of bikers expected to descend on South Dakota for annual Sturgis festival as Delta variant spikes in the state
Health officials on Wednesday said positive COVID-19 cases in South Dakota jumped by about 68% just…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Tens of thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts traveled to the Lake of the Ozarks for a bike rally weeks after a similar event in Sturgis was linked to COVID-19 cases in 8 states
Lake Ozark Mayor Gerry Murawski said last week that he didn't expect motorcyclists to wear masks to…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Sturgis motorcycle rally attendees lounge in bikinis, pack into bars, and mock mask wearers: 'It's like COVID does not exist here'
One Sturgis vendor said he loves the old America vibes at the event that celebrates Trump, police, …
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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New Hampshire's governor issued a mask order ahead of the upcoming Laconia Motorcycle Week after seeing photos of huge Sturgis crowds
Laconia Motorcycle Week will bring around 250,000 bikers to New Hampshire at the end of August. Gov…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Fauci says he's 'concerned' about a potential uptick in COVID-19 cases from Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which draws thousands of bikers
"Let's get this pandemic under control before we start acting like nothing is going on," Dr. Fauci …
Taylor Ardrey
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'It's literally impossible to stop': Sturgis, South Dakota, braces as hundreds of thousands of bikers arrived in the middle of a pandemic
The annual 10-day Sturgis Rally can bring up to 700,000 bikers into the small city. This year, that…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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For a father-daughter pair who've built a tradition around riding, going to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is sacred and worth the risk, even during the pandemic
Mercedes Raya was 19 when she and her father first made the 2-week trip to Sturgis. Now 35, the tre…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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This is what it looks like in Sturgis, South Dakota, where hundreds of thousands of unmasked bikers are partying like the coronavirus isn't real
Instead of attempting to cancel the event, they prepared by organizing grocery delivery services fo…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is using COVID-19 relief funds to pay for a $5 million tourism ad campaign, despite a surge in coronavirus cases following the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Gov. Kristi Noem's state ad campaign last November, called "Meth. We're on it," sparked conversatio…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally might have led to more than 260,000 new COVID-19 cases, a new paper estimates — 19% of the US total in the last month
The researchers traced COVID-19 cases after Sturgis and found it was far more of a super-spreader e…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Smash Mouth performed for hundreds of people at a motorcycle rally over the weekend, and many guests weren't wearing masks
Smash Mouth held a concert at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, a 10-day festival in South Dakota that …
Kelly McLaughlin
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South Dakota governor calls the Sturgis rally with hundreds of thousands of attendees 'a fantastic event' as COVID-19 cases spike
Top US health officials, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, voiced concerns over the Sturgis rally, citin…
Yelena Dzhanova
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'If I die from the virus, it was just meant to be': 250,000 descend upon tiny South Dakota town for world-famous motorcycle rally
Experts worry the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally could overwhelm rural South Dakota and create a superspr…
Graham Rapier
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Health officials in 3 states have traced new COVID-19 cases to the Sturgis motorcycle rally where hundreds of thousands of bikers gathered
Phone-location data revealed that visitors came to Sturgis from all parts of the US, including stat…
Dan Whateley
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South Dakota's GOP governor dismisses the massive outbreak tied to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally as 'back-of-the-napkin math'
SD Gov. Kristi Noem did not mandate masks at the rally in her state. A new study connects it to mor…
Jake Lahut
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A man in Minnesota who attended the Sturgis, South Dakota, motorcycle rally that drew more than 400,000 people has died of COVID-19
The man, who has not been identified, was in his 60s and had underlying health conditions, the Minn…
Yelena Dzhanova
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The Sturgis motorcycle rally that experts warned would be a coronavirus superspreader event has been linked to 100 new cases in 8 states
Smash Mouth headlined a concert at the motorcycle rally in South Dakota that's led to dozens of new…
Graham Rapier
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Budweiser and Coca-Cola's sponsorship of the giant Sturgis motorcycle rally undercuts their COVID-19 advertising strategies, which emphasize social distancing
That contrasts with many of their own ads about staying home and staying safe to prevent the spread…
Rachel Premack
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Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Daytona Bike Week in Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida, will limit some businesses' capacity and encourage - but not require - wear…