Last Wednesday, social media greeted the shocking news about the evidently targeted killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan with morbid mockery, blasting the U.S. insurance industry for profiting off the denial of life-saving medical treatments. The next day, the New York Police Department released two more images …
Read More »Gypsy-Rose Blanchard Is Ready to Tell Her Story — Then Leave It All Behind
S itting in a white armchair on the Sunday morning after Thanksgiving, the soft bayou light streaming into her family home, something is bugging Gypsy-Rose Blanchard. “It feels like a circus,” she tells Rolling Stone in her distinctive, high-pitched voice. All around her, there are family photos and reminders of …
Read More »The Weed Industry Isn't Feeling Too Anxious About Trump 2.0
This year’s presidential election was a historic one for weed, with both major presidential candidates endorsing marijuana legalization for the first time ever. Kamala Harris said that she would legalize adult-use cannabis at the federal level. At the same time, Donald Trump announced that he was backing Florida’s Amendment 3, …
Read More »Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting Had Monopoly Money in Backpack: Report
The investigation into the murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO took another bizarre twist Saturday as it was reported that a backpack linked to the alleged killer contained only two items: A jacket and Monopoly money. The suspect’s backpack was found in Central Park on Friday — two days after the …
Read More »Who Is David Sacks, Trump's Pick for 'AI and Crypto Czar'?
On Thursday evening, President-elect Donald Trump once again took to Truth Social to announce a hire for his incoming administration: David O. Sacks, he wrote, would fill the newly created role of “White House A.I. & Crypto Czar,” and work to make the U.S. “the clear global leader in both …
Read More »How the Creators of Xbox's 'South of Midnight' Made a Southern Gothic Fantasy
Compulsion Games, the studio behind indie titles Contrast (2013) and We Happy Few (2016), has been under the Microsoft umbrella since 2018, but their upcoming action-adventure game, South of Midnight, isn’t your average Xbox title. Aside from providing the budget, Xbox has been relatively hands-off as Compulsion works on its …
Read More »'Path of Exile 2' Feels Like the True Action RPG Successor to 'Diablo'
Many studios have tried to match the success and legacy of Diablo II over the years. The 2000 action-RPG (ARPG) by Blizzard Entertainment has long been considered the gold standard for fantasy dungeon crawlers, and is generally thought of as one of the best games ever made. Choosing from multiple …
Read More »Hawk Tuah Girl's Crypto Team Short on Answers After Disastrous Meme Coin Bust
Since becoming a viral star this summer thanks to a street interview in which she charmingly imparted graphic sex advice, Haliey Welch, a.k.a. “Hawk Tuah Girl,” has launched a podcast and an animal charity, carving out a pleasant niche for herself as an influencer. Being more online, of course, has …
Read More »Memphis Police Discriminate Against Black People and Use Excessive Force, DOJ Finds
The Justice Department released the results of its investigation into the Memphis Police Department on Wednesday, nearly two years after officers fatally beat Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, following a traffic stop. In a 73-page report, federal authorities found that the MPD uses excessive force, discriminates against Black people …
Read More »Words 'Deny, Defend, Depose' Found on Shell Casings From UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting
Law enforcement officials have uncovered additional details in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The search for the unidentified gunman who killed Thompson outside of a midtown Manhattan hotel early Wednesday morning is ongoing, but among the evidence recovered from the scene were multiple shell casings printed with …
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