Travis Kelce got a monetary slap on the wrist for unsportsmanlike conduct after making an “obscene gesture” at a recent game. Kelce was fined $14,491 after gesturing to his groin as a taunt to the opposing team following a play during Sunday, Sept. 14’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles at …
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Three grieving parents delivered harrowing testimony before Congress on Tuesday, describing how their children had self-harmed — in two cases, taking their own lives — after sustained engagement with AI chatbots. Each accused the tech companies behind these products of prioritizing profit over the safety of young users, saying that …
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Luigi Mangioneappeared today in New York state court in Manhattan as part of a pretrial court appearance for charges brought against him in the Dec. 4, 2024, murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione, who has pleaded not guilty to all state and federal charges against him, had his …
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Former Try Guys member Ned Fulmer is finally stepping back into the spotlight, three years after the viral extramarital cheating scandal that got him kicked out of YouTube group The Try Guys. Before September 2022, the Try Guys were known as a well-established viral content production company born from the …
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Erik and Lyle Menendez have lost their bid for a new trial. A month after the brothers were denied parole at back-to-back suitability hearings where they recounted their 1989 shotgun slayings of their parents, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has ruled they do not qualify for a new …
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At least seven HBCUs are currently in lockdown on Thursday morning after receiving threats to their campuses. Alabama State, Hampton, Clark Atlanta, Southern, Bethune-Cookman, and Virginia State Universities all shared statements confirming that they are under lockdown until further notice while law enforcement investigates the nature of the threats. Spellman …
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High school can be difficult. But for Beal City, Michigan, teenager Lauryn Licari, an already fraught period got even worse when she and her then-boyfriend Owen McKenny became the victims of a 20-month harassment campaign. Their story is told in the new Netflix documentary Unknown Number: The High School Catfish. …
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Best friends know the good and bad about each other — which is why Brianna LaPaglia isn’t surprised when her BFFs cohost Josh Richards is running late to their interview with Rolling Stone. In fact, she thinks it’s an absolutely perfect start. “This is our ongoing bit for the tour …
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For years, the Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan has attacked and disparaged the transgender community on his social media accounts, alienating friends, cratering his career, and even destroying his marriage in the process. But it was only this week that he found himself on trial for allegedly harassing teenage trans …
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Nevada police have identified the man authorities believe was a victim of homicide at this year’s Burning Man festival. The Pershing County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that 37-year-old Vadim Kruglov, a native of Russia, was the person found “lying in a pool of blood” on the Black Rock Desert festival …
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