The man charged in the shooting of Black teenager Ralph Yarl after he rang the wrong doorbell has pleaded not guilty to first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Andrew Lester, the 84-year-old man accused of shooting Yarl twice, entered the plea in a Liberty, Missouri courtroom Wednesday, six days after …
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In the spring of 2022, two men were drugged and robbed after leaving gay bars in New York. Both died from their overdoses, setting the city’s LGBTQ community on edge at a time when they were already facing an increase in legislative attacks from the right. On Wednesday, authorities announced …
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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. Among robot vacuums (and vacuum cleaners in general), the Roomba is one of the most popular ones out there. The computerized, self-cleaning vacuum has only grown in popularity …
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R. Kelly’s attorney Jennifer Bonjean has filed an appeal on behalf of the disgraced rapper. The singer was sentenced to 30 years in prison after being found guilty on all counts of racketeering, sexual exploitation of a child and kidnapping by a jury at his 2021 federal trial held in …
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On a usual Sunday morning, Timm Chiusano has a somewhat extreme routine: a 4 a.m. alarm, emails, a 3.6-mile walk to the Brooklyn promenade, and a visit to the gym, all before most people wake up. With his sneakerhead style and full sleeves of tattoos, nothing about his slightly hunched …
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Post-rock instrumental act Explosions in the Sky will embark on their first North American tour since 2019 this fall. Dubbed The End Tour, the trek kicks off Sept. 15 in Houston and moves its way eastward over the span of three weeks, concluding Oct. 5 at New York’s Kings Theatre. …
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“Who is it?” a voice calls out above me. It’s 9 a.m. in early April and Adan Jodorowsky is poking his head out the window of his Mexico City apartment, a sleeping mask still attached to his face. It’s a fitting introduction to the inner sanctum of one of Latin …
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The estate of Tyre Nichols has filed a civil lawsuit against the city of Memphis, the city’s police department, and the officers in the SCORPION Unit whose encounter with Nichols ultimately resulted in his death days later. The lawsuit, filed in a Tennessee federal court Wednesday on behalf of Nichols’ …
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This season of Love Is Blind had a remarkable share of awkward moments. Even Netflix’s attempt at a live reunion was cringey in its tardiness. But to country fans, perhaps nothing was more WTF than the obsession of Season 4’s owl-loving weirdo Zack with Lee Ann Womack’s 2000 hit “I …
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The upper ranks of Donald Trump’s campaign and political operation exploded in jubilation on Tuesday, mocking Ron DeSantis’ staff as a bunch of “amateurs,” with multiple officials belly-laughing with one another over how much Trump had — in their verbiage — “cuck[ed]” the Florida governor on securing endorsements from the …
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