Prince Harry has dropped his libel lawsuit against the Daily Mail, one of the many legal actions the former royal has filed against British tabloids. The libel case stemmed from an article the Daily Mail published in February 2022 that questioned the Duke of Sussex’s efforts to retain publicly funded …
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It was 2015. Trump had recently announced his campaign for president with his “Mexico isn’t sending their best” speech, and Kelly Osbourne was a guest host on The View, discussing Trump’s stance on immigration alongside hosts, including Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie Perez. “If you kick every Latino out of this …
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Daniel Penny’s manslaughter and negligent homicide case will move toward a trial in New York after a judge rejected a request to dismiss on Wednesday, according to ABC News. Last year, Penny was charged with the death of Jordan Neely, a homeless man who struggled with mental health, after he …
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Rex Heuermann, the Long Island Serial Killer (LISK) suspect, has been charged in connection to the murder of a fourth woman. The 59-year-old returned to court on Tuesday, where he pleaded not guilty to the second-degree murder of Maureen Brainard-Barnes. The charges surrounding Brainard-Barnes mark the last of “The Gilgo …
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VidCon 2024 is just six months away — and the annual internet culture convention is revealing the names of 60 creators set to descend on Anaheim, California. Rolling Stone can exclusively reveal Tuesday that authors (and VidCon co-founders) John and Hank Green, Polynesian-American singer Dinah Jane, YouTube comedian Brandon Rogers, …
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“Caffeinated society is a battlefield where everyone loses,” reads the headline on one of the most recent posts on r/decaf, a subreddit for those who have recently weaned themselves off their daily coffee habit. In the post, the author, who goes by u/fuhgg_, outlines how quitting caffeine is “a hero’s …
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The world may see its first-ever trillionaire within the next 10 years, the anti-poverty group Oxfam said in a report published on Monday, reflecting the increasingly large wealth divide between the few of the world’s richest people and the rest of the population below them. Oxfam’s report, titled Inequality Inc., …
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A top newsletter at Substack is leaving the platform amid controversy over the company’s policies surroundingpro-Nazicontent. Platformer founder Casey Newton made the announcement on Thursday, writing that the publication “can no longer stay in good conscience.” The decision follows weeks of controversy over the issue. In December, Jonathan M. Katz …
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Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty in the case of Payton Gendron, the white gunman who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket in 2022. The decision marks the first time federal attorneys have sought the death penalty during Joe Biden’s presidency. In a notice filed Friday, Jan. …
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In November, Elon Musk told advertisers “Go fuck yourselves” for abandoning X (formerly Twitter) over concerns about white supremacist content and Musk’s own affinity for antisemitic conspiracy theories. The big brands seemed only too happy to comply, and these days, users will find their feeds littered with spam touting dubious …
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