A woman who accused MMA fighter Conor McGregor of violently raping her in 2018 has won a civil case in Ireland, according to The Guardian. McGregor was ordered to pay more than $250,000 to Nikita Hand, who alleged that McGregor brutally assaulted her in a hotel penthouse in 2018 in …
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The time has come for a passing of the torch, and I couldn’t be more relieved: No longer must my viciously stereotyped age cohort — the so-called “millennials,” those born between the early Eighties and mid-Nineties — bear responsibility for the relentless flow of societal change. For while the 2010s …
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The father of a 14-year-old boy accused of killing four people in a mass school shooting pleaded not guilty to charges related to allegedly purchasing his son a weapon. Colin Gray entered a not-guilty plea on Thursday. He faces 29 counts, including second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, and cruelty to children, …
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It’s an early Sunday afternoon in New York’s Washington Square Park, and if you walk past the hungover college students slamming bacon egg and cheese sandwiches and turn right at the brass band busking for tips, you can see a miracle is happening: an internet trend is still in full …
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Making any video game is a minor miracle, and the developer of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl (out now), GSC Game World, has defied the odds by finishing the game amid Russia’s invasion of its home country, Ukraine. GSC’s experiences of living through and fighting against an invasion have influenced …
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Imara Jones knew this was coming. Way back in 2018, well before this election cycle, the Black, trans journalist-entrepreneur launched TransLash Media, and her podcast The Anti-Trans Hate Machine, has long covered the trans experience: both the diversity and power of trans lives, as well as the highly organized (and …
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump‘s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, is well known for his anti-vaccine stance and dabbling in junk science. But ahead of his potential confirmation, more details of his conspiracist views on Covid-19 have come to light — including the fact …
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Nintendo holds a huge place in gaming history, but there’s a roughly two decade window where they were simply on fire. In the Eighties, the NES and Game Boy resurrected the home gaming and handheld markets; in the Nineties, they waged a console war with Sega and won. But by …
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YouTube personality Logan Paul is once again in the public eye after a New York senator asked the Food and Drug Administration to investigate his energy drink, Prime, for allegedly targeting children and boasting an insanely high amount of caffeine. But as anyone who has spent time on the internet …
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For sports fans of every kind, a memorable theme song is essential. It can the be the sound of their childhood, college dorm, or weekends with friends. Even people who don’t watch professional sports know the melodic hook of the NBA’s “Roundball Rock,” or the triumphant horns and drumline of …
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