Last Saturday, Abed “Abe” Ibrahim reached a breaking point. The fledgling restaurateur, who fully embraces the current trend of frying foods in beef tallow rather than the seed oils commonly used throughout popular eateries, even naming his food stall “Tallow” for good measure, took to X and bemoaned how poorly …
Read More »These Katrina Survivors Feel Overlooked. Now, They're Using TikTok to Tell Their Stories
Years before the storm, Tonie Waltman had been told a premonition of its disastrous aftermath. Around 1997, her dad, a Black man named Hardy Jackson, was hit by an oncoming train. He’d ultimately survive, but not before being induced into a coma, from which doctors predicted he’d never recover. “In …
Read More »Minneapolis Shooter 'Idolized' Mass Murderers and 'Appeared to Hate All of Us,' Officials Say
The 23-year-old who killed two students at a Catholic school in Minneapolis “appeared to hate all of us,” authorities said as they continued to piece together a motive for the mass shooting earlier this week. At a press conference on Thursday, Joe Thompson, the acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, said …
Read More »The Bookie at the Center of the Ohtani Betting Scandal Is Ready to Talk
I t was a round of poker, fittingly, that upended Mathew Bowyer’s life in spectacular fashion. While he preferred to sate his appetite for risk by playing baccarat, poker had served as his formative introduction to the pleasures and possibilities of gambling. Back in the early Nineties, as an enterprising …
Read More »Emilie Kiser Breaks Silence on Son Trigg's Drowning Death: 'I Take Full Accountability'
Influencer Emilie Kiser spoke out for the first time on social media Thursday following an investigation into her son’s drowning death in May. In a lengthy Instagram Story statement, Kiser said she’s taking full accountability for not doing more to prevent her song Trigg’s death. She also spoke out about …
Read More »HBO Sets Series Based on 'Fort Bragg Cartel' Book About Violent Murders, Drug Ring in U.S. Army
HBO has acquired the rights to develop The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces, an expose on lawlessness at the military base by Rolling Stone contributor Seth Harp, into a series after a heated bidding war. Over the course of five years, Harp investigated unsolved …
Read More »ChatGPT Lawsuit Over Teen's Suicide Could Lead to Big Tech Reckoning
On Tuesday, parents of a teen who died by suicide filed the first ever wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, alleging that their son received detailed instructions on how to hang himself from the company’s popular chatbot, ChatGPT. The case may well serve as a landmark …
Read More »Cracker Barrel Returns to Original Logo After Fierce Public Backlash
Cracker Barrel has given in to public demand. The 56-year-old Southern chain announced they are scrapping their new logo after many people criticized the brand for “going woke” by removing the old timey elements from their branding. “We thank our guests for sharing your voices and love for Cracker Barrel,” …
Read More »At Least Two Children Dead After Mass Shooting at Minneapolis Catholic School and Church
A mass shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis has left at least two children dead, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. The shooting took place at around 8 a.m. local time Wednesday, Aug. 27, at Annunciation Catholic Church as students gathered for their first Mass of the school year. By 9:35 …
Read More »Tefi Pessoa Explains Why She Made Her Internet World a 'Gated Community'
If creator, red carpet correspondent, and advice queen Tefi Pessoa could tell her audience one thing, it’s that the person she is on their for-you-pages is the same exact person she is when the cameras stop rolling. “The energy that you feel is real! It’s not a character,” Pessoa says …
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