Yet another threatened mistrial was averted Monday when the jury hearing Young Thug’s gang and racketeering trial in Atlanta agreed they could disregard prior testimony from a key witness in the contentious case. Jurors were given about one second to make their decision after walking into court following a nearly …
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T he first time I see Sherrod Brown he’s wearing a bright-orange hard hat and overshirt, slapping the backs of a group of burly union steelworkers. He comes through the side of the cavernous steel facility in a scrum of old-school union bosses — guys straight out of central casting …
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Charles R. Cross, the New York Times bestselling author who wrote Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain and Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix, died on Friday of natural causes, his family confirmed. He was 67. “We are sorry to share that Charles Cross has …
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M onths before Shaboozey had a number one song on the charts, he was having the time of his life at E11EVEN. On a recent June evening — nay, early morning — the rapper and singer made his way into the famed Miami hotspot to celebrate his breakout single, and …
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U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles must return the bronze medal she was awarded in the women’s floor exercise event following a scoring change on appeal, the International Olympic Committee confirmed Sunday. On Saturday, Chiles learned that her bronze was in jeopardy after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that …
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Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snoop Dogg, and H.E.R. were among the performers for the energetic Olympics closing ceremony in Paris on Sunday. The Los Angeles-based artists were chosen to help usher in the handover to LA28, when the summer Olympics head to L.A. from June 14 to July …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The only thing worse than dry, itchy eyes from wearing old contact lenses? Running out of replacements and being out of backup options, including extra glasses. When leaving …
Read More »Phoenix Perform With Air, Ezra Koenig, More at the Olympics Closing Ceremony
Phoenix performed a rousing “Lisztomania” to kickoff their set during the Olympics closing ceremony in Paris on Sunday. The French band from Versailles appeared in the middle of the Stade de France, surrounded by the athletes and included the song “If I Ever Feel Better” and “Funky Squaredance” featuring VannDa. …
Read More »Insecure Trump Lies, Claims Harris Crowd Was Manipulated With AI
Former President Donald Trump is trying to downplay his presidential opponents’ rally crowd sizes, falsely claiming that “nobody was there” at a Detroit event hosted by Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Trump, who is obsessed with the size of his own crowds and …
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J.D. Vance came to Trump’s defense when confronted with the fact that the presidential candidate had dinner in 2022 with white supremacist Nick Fuentes, who recently attacked Vance’s wife, Usha Vance, a child of Indian immigrants. Fuentes said last month he doesn’t expect Vance — “the guy who has an …
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