Suspected shooter Anderson Lee Aldrich was charged on 305 counts after allegedly killing five people at a LGBTQ+ bar, Club Q, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, CNN reports. Among the charges are first-degree murder, attempted murder, assault, and bias-motivated crimes. Aldrich appeared in court on Tuesday, where Colorado’s Fourth Judicial District …
Read More »A Spooky Dance, a Collective Memory, and a Weird Little Puppet: Inside TikTok's Newest Obsession
The human brain is thought to start forming memories around the age of two and a half. Anything that happened before? We’ll have to take someone else’s word for it. Such is the premise for what surely ranks among the strangest TikTok trends of 2022: people trying to convince each …
Read More »New Jersey's Torso Killer Pleads Guilty to Brutal 1968 Rape and Murder
Ailing serial killer Richard Cottingham — a.k.a. the Torso Killer — pleaded guilty to the 1968 murder of Long Island mother Diane Cusick Monday in front of a Nassau County, New York judge, as well as four other Nassau County murders (per Newsday). He was charged with 25 years to …
Read More »Nike Fully Cuts Ties With Kyrie Irving
Nike has officially cut ties with Kyrie Irving one month after suspending its relationship with the NBA star, The Athletic reports.It comes in the wake of him promoting a film filled with antisemitic tropes on Twitter, which Rolling Stone first reported. A Nike spokesperson reportedly confirmed the end of the …
Read More »Accused Cult Leader Offered Daughter Doritos and $50 if She'd Marry Him: Feds
Federal authorities appear to be closing in on an alleged polygamist cult leader accused of abusing underage girls, court documents show. In a new affidavit, an FBI agent claims Samuel Rappylee Bateman, 46, has more than 20 wives, many of them below the age of 15, that he sex-trafficked children, …
Read More »Michael Avenatti's Spectacular Implosion Tour Adds New 14-Year Prison Sentence
Michael Avenatti’s staggering fall from grace reached a dramatic new low on Monday. The once high-flying Stormy Daniels lawyer – who tried to parlay his Trump-trashing, network news Zaddy fame into his own White House run before being exposed as a grandstanding grifter – was sentenced to 14 years in …
Read More »U.S. Team Eliminated From FIFA World Cup Following Loss to Netherlands
The United States Men’s National Team’s time in Qatar has come to an end as they were downed by the Netherlands squad 3-1 Saturday at the FIFA World Cup. The USMNT’s fate seemed sealed at halftime as — despite out-chancing and arguably overplaying the Dutch side in the first half …
Read More »'Taylor Swift Made<em> Graduation</em>': Reddit Stans Dump Kanye
Since Kanye West has transformed his image from celebrated rapper to disgraced, antisemitic media personality, a group of people have begrudgingly remained by his side: his stans. In October, even as West’s rants became increasingly problematic, stan accounts on TikTok and Instagram went viral for using West’s song “I Wonder” …
Read More »Robb Elementary Students, Staff, Parents File $27 Billion Class Action Lawsuit Against Uvalde Police
After the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Ulvade, Texas left 19 children and two adults dead in May, the surviving parents, students, and staff members have filed a $27 billion class action lawsuit against the city, school district, and numerous law enforcement agencies, even going so far as …
Read More »Balenciaga Drops Lawsuit One Week After Filing
Balenciaga announced Friday afternoon that it would be ceasing litigation around one of its two controversial ad campaigns. In a statement shared with Rolling Stone, Balenciaga CEO Cédric Charbit said the company wanted to learn from its mistakes and would be implementing a series of actions in response — including …
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