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The recent push to rebrand corporate logos to be more inclusive has, for the most part, been a good thing. Making Barbie more body-positive? Great. Renaming Aunt Jemima syrup? About damn time.Yet in brands’ fervent quest to capture youth audiences and capture the woke zeitgeist, they may be going just …

Trying to predict Kanye West‘s next move is a little bit like trying to predict the weather in San Francisco: difficult yet almost consistently disappointing. One rare possible exception is his burgeoning relationship withUncut Gemsstarlet Julia Fox, a former designer and photographer turned New York City girl-about-town turned Hollywood starlet …

Wordle, the hit game of early 2022, is so popular that the creator of an entirely different game, also called Wordle!, is seeing a huge increase in business and is donating the proceeds of his app to charity. Steven Cravotta created an app he dubbed Wordle! when he was 18, …

A suspect is dead, and all hostages are alive following a standoff at a synagogue near Fort Worth, Texas Saturday. The man held at least four people hostage for nearly 12 hours, according to the AP, and released one hostage unharmed earlier in the evening. “We are sending love and …

The family of Lauren Smith-Fields intends to sue Bridgeport, Connecticut over city authorities’ handling of the 23-year-old’s untimely death, the family announced at a news conference Sunday. The family is also asking that an independent agency be brought in to handle the investigation of the death. Smith-Fields’ body was found …

“Hi, I’m Bunny.” As the smiling teenager with bubblegum pink hair smiles sweetly, waving at the camera, you’d be forgiven for thinking, for the first couple of seconds, that there’s no real reason why the video is anything remarkable. But then you meet Z. And then Oliver: followed closely by …

Novak Djokovic released a statement on Wednesday to “clarify misinformation,” which included discrepancies in an Australian travel document used last week to enter the country, as Australian officials consider whether he should be deported. The unvaccinated tennis star, whose visa was initially rejected last week but the decision was overturned …

A federal judge in New York has said Virginia Giuffre’s civil case claiming Prince Andrew sexually assaulted her can continue, denying a motion for dismissal Andrew’s defense team argued Jan. 4 in court. Judge Lewis Kaplan of New York’s Southern District said Wednesday in his opinion that the language in …

Andreas Eskander is a YouTuber; Jerome Feujio is a boxer on Team Canada; Vanessa Sicotte is studying to be a pilot; and Julien Jalbert works in construction. They don’t know each other, but on Dec. 30 they all met at Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Canada, joining a group …

UPDATE (1/10): An Australian judge has overturned Novak Djokovic’s visa cancellation, leading to the tennis star’s release from immigration detention, although it remains unclear if he will compete in the Australian Open. As The New York Times reports, Judge Anthony Kelly found that Djokovic had been treated unfairly after his …