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The main commencement ceremony at the University of Southern California has been cancelled. The decision comes just over a week after the university canceled plans for a graduation speech by the class of 2024 valedictorian, Asna Tabassum, who was criticized by pro-Israel groups for supporting Palestine on social media. USC …

As she strode onto the famed comedy stage of the Largo at the Coronet Theater in the heart of West Hollywood on Wednesday night, Ellen DeGeneres was a woman in command. A sold-out crowd of about 200 fans burst into roaring applause, eager to see the comedian turned talk-show host …

There was a point in the not-too-recent past where gaming was considered a hobby mostly targeted at teenage boys. Back when Tomb Raider‘s Lara Croft became a major magazine centerfold and E3 gaming expos were more famous for their booth babes than actual games, it was the norm for the …

Every week, there’s a new main character on the internet. And last Monday, that main character was a good-natured Australian himbo with an eight-inch-long, seven-inch-circumferenced penis. The aptly dubbed Girthmasterr (technically it’s with two “Rs” at the end) went viral after being interviewed in a man-on-the-street TikTok segment promoting a …

In 2023, an increase in extreme rainfall led to catastrophic flooding in in Italy, Greece, Slovenia, Norway, and Sweden, while southern Europe suffered widespread drought. On Monday, the European State of the Climate (ESOTC) issued a new report looking back at the past year that found that Europe is warming …

WNBA Star Brittney Griner has been back home with her family since December 2022. But the traumatic experience of the ten months that preceded that return to comfort, during which the now-33-year-old was imprisoned in Russia, hasn’t been easy to shake. Griner will discuss that period of her life in …

In 2004, Bonnie Allen was a 12-year-old girl in Wilmington, Delaware, who loved Spongebob Squarepants, Lizzie McGuire, and the Grease soundtrack. She had fine, corn-colored hair she regularly chopped up and dyed jet black or Elmo red, and a grin that stretched across the entire bottom half of her face, …

The Department of Justice revealed on Tuesday that it will distribute close to $139 million to victims in response to 139 “administrative claims arising from allegations of sexual abuse” committed by the disgraced ex-USA gymnastics physician Larry Nassar, according to a statement. “For decades, Lawrence Nassar abused his position, betraying …

I n the warehouse-huge back room of his company Return Home, just south of Seattle, Micah Truman walks over to what looks like an off-white shipping crate, complete with a lock on the front. “Put your hand onto it,” instructs Truman, who, with his woodsy vest and tidy appearance, looks …

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