His Holiness the Dalai Lama has apologized for telling a young boy to “suck my tongue,” an incident the the 87-year-old Buddhist leader claimed was done in jest. The incident took place back in February, in Dharamsala, India. The Dalai Lama was speaking to a young boy, who asked His …
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Al Jaffe, the storied cartoonist who created two staple features of Mad magazine, the “Fold-In” and “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions,” died Monday, April 10, The New York Times reports. He was 102. Jaffee’s granddaughter, Fani Thomson, confirmed his death, saying it was caused by multi-system organ failure. Jaffee enjoyed …
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On Monday, the town of Louisville, Kentucky, was left reeling from the tragedy of a mass shooting that killed four people at a local bank. The community is mourning the loss of the victims who have been identified by the Louisville Metro Police Department as four executives of the Old …
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Major League Soccer announced it has opened an investigation into allegations that a New York Red Bulls player said a “racist remark” during the team’s game Saturday versus the San Jose Earthquakes. The alleged incident occurred during the 54th minute of the game, with the Earthquakes’ Jeremy Ebobisse — who …
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“Get woke, go broke,” has become a rallying cry of the political right whenever they see a brand make the slightest effort to align itself with liberal or progressive values. It’s a meme that allows MAGA country to believe that there is ongoing, massive backlash to products that acknowledge and …
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A friend of the Las Vegas shooter urged him not to hurt “people who did nothing to you,” handwritten letters between the two men reveal. In a recently declassified trove of FBI documents about the shooter, officials referred in a report to 11 letters that were sent via manila envelope …
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A jury in Austin, Texas, has found Daniel Perry guilty of murdering Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster in the summer of 2020. In a case that has put Texas’ gun laws on display, the jury found Perry had not acted in self-defense when he drove into a crowd of …
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British rapper, YouTuber, and boxer KSI has apologized for using a slur for Pakistani and Southeast Asian people in a recent video, adding that he will “take a break from social media for a while.” The incident occurred Sunday, April 2, with a video uploaded by the YouTube group KSI …
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What do Kid Rock, conservative tears, and a bullet-ridden case of Bud Light have to do with transgender TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney? The answer should be absolutely nothing. Yet somehow, Mulvaney found herself the target of right-wing attacks due to a recently announced Bud Light collab with the trans TikTok …
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Life on the road may sound glamorous to some, but burnout and mental health challenges have affected musicians of all stripes since they first stepped on stage and struck a guitar chord on tour. The pandemic has worsened the load with many artists nixing tours and dates in favor of …
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