As oligarch Elon Musk continues to bulldoze entire sectors of the federal government via his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the backlash has taken a toll on automaker Tesla, which counts him as both CEO and de facto head of marketing. Protesters have targeted the business while denouncing Musk’s …
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LeBron James, the most powerful basketball player on the planet, and Stephen A. Smith, the most powerful basketball commentator on the planet, are feuding over how James has managed the basketball career of his 20-year-old son, Bronny. The tension, which has been simmering for months, boiled over last week when …
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On Jan. 29, 2025, the Ministry of Health of Uganda officially declared an Ebola outbreak in Kampala, with 10 confirmed cases reported as of March. This marks the eighth Ebola outbreak in Uganda since 2000. The hemorrhagic virus is highly infectious and fatal, prompting public health officials to seek containment. …
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A pizza order, a thank you, or a death threat — Giuseppe Mantova didn’t know which awaited him as he answered the call the Wednesday evening before Christmas. The phone at Vito’s Pizza had been ringing more than usual that week, thanks to an illustration Mantova’s 30-year-old daughter had taped …
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Last week, the White House took a stab at transparency by distributing binders of files related to the late financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to a number of prominent far-right influencers. The idea was that these people would comb through the material — what U.S. Attorney General Pam …
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Jim Ambrose was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1976 with what he describes as “a body that was really upsetting to my parents and my doctors.” Though medical tests determined that he was perfectly healthy, his doctors seemed more concerned about what was between his legs: either “a really, …
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When comedian Hannah Berner hosted the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party red carpet with her Giggly Squad podcast co-host Paige DeSorbo, the two women welcomed three-time Grammy-winning artist Megan Thee Stallion to join them for a quick interview. After telling Megan she was inspired by her documentary and complimenting her outfit, …
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This story was originally published in the Dec. 11, 1997, issue of Rolling Stone. IN LATE JUNE 1997, I arrive at an address in a working-class suburb in the North American Midwest. On the front lawn, a child’s bicycle lies on its side; an eight-year-old secondhand Toyota is parked at …
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Once upon a time, Tesla owners could feel assured that they came off as forward-thinking consumers looking to reduce their carbon footprint. The sleek, high-tech electric vehicles were even something of a liberal status symbol. But no longer. The company’s CEO, billionaire oligarch Elon Musk, who had formerly cultivated the …
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Casey Anthony was acquitted in the 2008 murder of her two-year-old daughter, but the ordeal made her, as one Department of Corrections spokeswoman famously put it, “one of the most hated women in America.” This week, she joined TikTok and Substack, rebranding as a “legal advocate.” In her first TikTok, …
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