Officials in Maine provided an update on the manhunt for Lewiston mass shooting suspect Robert Card Friday morning, with the investigation focusing on the nearby Androscoggin River. Following the Wednesday night shootings that have killed 18 people so far, a vehicle belonging to Card was found near a Lisbon, Maine, …
Read More »'Gaylors' Respond to '1989 (Taylor's Version)' Intro Line About 'Sexualizing' Friendships
When Taylor Swift released the long-awaited rerecording of her genre-leaping album 1989, fans eagerly pored over vault tracks, theories of double albums, and limited edition vinyl releases that could predict Swift’s next re-record. But for Gaylors, a dedicated Swift fanbase that’s existed for over a decade, Swift’s prologue and a …
Read More »Maine Shooting Has Right-Wingers Going After Their Favorite Scapegoat: The FBI
As the manhunt for the suspect in a mass shooting in Maine on Wednesday drags on, much of American public is wondering how he could have eluded authorities this long. But for right-wing commenters and influencers, his baffling disappearance is only further proof that the country’s top law enforcement agency …
Read More »At Least 18 Dead and Suspect at Large in Maine Shooting
The search continued on Thursday for a man who killed at least 18 people and injured 13 more during a rampage at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night, Gov. Janet Mills confirmed Thursday. Residents in Maine’s second-largest city and several other nearby towns remained …
Read More »Fears About Computers Taking Over the World Goes Way Back to the Beginning
Tom Watson Jr. was CEO of IBM during the period when that company created the modern computer industry and launched the digital age. More than Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Ford or even Gates, Jobs, and Bezos, he had a transformational and enduring impact on today’s society, work, and each of our lives. …
Read More »2023 Just Became the United States' Second Worst Year for Mass Killings
So far, 2023 has become the second worst year for mass killings in the United States on record, according to The Associated Press. On Wednesday, a shooter in Lewiston, Maine, killed at least 18 people and injured 13 more at a bowling alley and local restaurant. A manhunt for a …
Read More »Mother Worries Her Daughter Died in the Maine Shootings: 'It Has to Stop'
Tricia Asselin was enjoying a night off at bowling alley Just-in-Time Recreation in Lewiston, Maine —an establishment that her family had frequented for years –when she heard a shot ring out on Wednesday night. Asselin, 53, had been standing with her sister Bobbi, and at first, neither registered the noise …
Read More »A Viral Video About Her 9-to-5 Left People Enraged. She Says They're Missing the Point
When Brielle Asero used to think about her life after college graduation, she imagined that she might start her own business or work in a non-conventional schedule, one that gave her plenty of flexibility to both work and enjoy a healthy balance of friends and self-care. Instead, the first year …
Read More »Judge Denies Idaho Stabbing Suspect's Request for Dismissal
A judge has rejected University of Idaho stabbing suspect Bryan Kohberger’s efforts to have the case against him dismissed. Kohberger was in the courtroom during Thursday’s hearing, where his defense attorney argued for the standard of proof to be raised to a “beyond a reasonable doubt” instead of Idaho’s typical …
Read More »Self-Identified 'Former Incel' Charged With Threatening Mass Shooting on College Campus
A self-described “former incel” named Michael Pengchung Lee was allegedly planning a mass shooting at the University of Arizona before he was arrested, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday. He is charged with “transmit[ing] in interstate commerce a communication of a threat to injure the person of another.” On …
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