Salt Lake City, Utah, will host the Winter Olympics in 2034. The International Olympic Committee announced the news on Wednesday morning after a vote in Paris, where the Summer Olympics are taking place, according to The Associated Press. The upcoming event will mark the second time the city has hosted …
Read More »Prince Harry Credits Tabloid Lawsuits With Contributing to Royal Family 'Rift'
A “central piece” to Prince Harry‘s alleged estrangement from the Royal Family has been his yearslong lawsuits against tabloid magazines, the Prince said in a new interview. “I’ve made it very clear that this is something that needs to be done,” he said in a new documentary, Tabloids on Trial, …
Read More »Chicken Fingers Chain Denounces Nashville Nazis
For three consecutive weekends, hate groups waving swastika flags and throwing up the Nazi salute have made odious appearances around Nashville. They’ve marched through downtown harassing minorities and intimidating passersby, dropped banners over highway overpasses, and disrupted a metro council meeting with vile rhetoric. But their July 14 pop-up has …
Read More »MrBeast Launches Independent Investigation Amid Ava Kris Tyson Allegations
Ava Kris Tyson, best friend and longtime collaborator of Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, is stepping away from the high-production YouTube channel amid allegations she groomed a minor. The alleged victim, who says they are now 20, has refuted the claims. “I would like to apologize for any of my past …
Read More »Police Release Body Camera Footage in Fatal Shooting of Sonya Massey
Sangamon County, Illinois’ sheriff’s office has released body camera footage captured by Deputy Sean Grayson on July 6, when he shot and killed Sonya Massey, 36, in her home after she called 911 to report a suspected intruder. In the video, Grayson instructs Massey — a Black woman — to …
Read More »Richard Simmons' Staff Shares Fitness Guru's Final 'Planned' Message to Fans
Richard Simmons’ staff shared his final “planned” message to fans on social media a week after the fitness guru’s death at the age of 76. While Simmons spent his last years largely out of the public eye, he remained active on social media, often sharing personal news and words of …
Read More »Florida Ed. Commissioner Assigns 'Pride and Prejudice' for… American Pride Month
Jane Austen’s celebrated second novel, Pride and Prejudice, is a timeless love story about the perils of judging someone before we really know them. Had Florida Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz Jr. ever read it, he might have taken that lesson to heart and based his monthly reading lists for …
Read More »Richard Simmons Said Loss 'Takes a Toll on Your Heart' in Final Interview Before Death
Just two days before his death, Richard Simmons reflected on loss in his final interview. On Monday, People published an interview with the late fitness guru who died of apparent natural causes in Los Angeles on July 13. During the interview, Simmons revealed that he had been working on turning …
Read More »Evan Wright: Celebrating the Rolling Stone Writer's Best Work
Evan Wright could write about anything. The celebrated journalist, who died by suicide last weekend at the age of 59, was best known for his war zone reporting in Afghanistan and Iraq during the early 2000s. His three-part series for Rolling Stone, “The Killer Elite,” won a National Magazine Award …
Read More »Kate Middleton Makes Rare Public Appearance for Wimbledon Men's Final
Kate Middleton received a standing ovation as she took her seat near center court at Wimbledon Sunday for the men’s final, marking only her second public appearance since revealing her cancer diagnosis earlier this year. On Saturday, Kensington Palace announced that the Princess of Wales — a patron of the …
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