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After a more than eight-hour outage, the Epic Games Store appears to finally be back online, meaning you should finally be able to claim Rockstar’s smash hit Grand Theft Auto V for free until May 21st.

The Epic Games Store had been counting down to the launch of an unnamed free title at 11AM ET today, and we learned last night that game would be GTA V, thanks to an early tweet posted by Epic Games’ official Twitter account. However, when the time came for the deal for the game to go live, the Epic Games Store went down, presumably as people tried to refresh the site to claim the free title.

Epic acknowledged the outage in an 11:05AM ET tweet, and in a 12:58PM ET tweet the company said the store was still experiencing issues:

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WASHINGTON – Critical steps were not taken in time in the early stages of the coronavirus outbreak, Rick Bright, an immunologist who says he was unfairly ousted from the Department of Health and Human Services, told a House panel Thursday.

Bright said he’d known for some time that the nation’s stockpile of supplies was insufficient and pushed urgently in January to ramp up production of masks, respirators and other supplies.

“Those alarms were not responded to,” he told a subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Bright also said he unsuccessfully tried to increase the availability of Remdesivir, a drug that has shown a modest benefit for patients with COVID-19.

“I was told that my urgings were causing a commotion and I was removed from those meetings.”

Bright said the window is closing to address the pandemic because the nation still lacks a standard, centralized coordinated plan.

For example, he said, doses of Remdesivir are still limited.

“And we don’t have a plan for how to scale up the drug,” Bright said.

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ATLANTA – Maurice Fayne, who stars in Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, has been arrested on federal bank fraud charges arising from a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan that he obtained in the name of Flame Trucking.

“The defendant allegedly took advantage of the emergency lending provisions of the Paycheck Protection Program that were intended to assist employees and small businesses battered by the Coronavirus,” said U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak. “We will investigate and charge anyone who inappropriately diverts these critical funds for their own personal gain.”

“The defendant allegedly stole money meant to assist hard-hit employees and businesses during these difficult times, and instead greedily used the money to bankroll his lavish purchases of jewelry and other personal items,” said Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “The department will remain steadfast in our efforts to root out and prosecute frauds against the Paycheck Protection Program.”

“At a time when small businesses are struggling for survival, we cannot tolerate anyone driven by personal greed, who misdirects federal emergency assistance earmarked for keeping businesses afloat,” said Chris Hacker, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Atlanta. “The FBI and our federal partners remain vigilant during this Coronavirus pandemic to make sure funds provided by programs like PPP are used as intended.”

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