The school shooter who killed 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 specifically chose Valentine’s Day for the massacre because he had “no one to love and love him.” In March, Nikolas Cruz was interviewed by prosecution psychiatrist Dr. Charles Scott and revealed more of what …
Read More »'We Got Weights In Fish': How A Regional Fishing Scandal Took Over TikTok
We’re less than four days into October and the internet’s next biggest cheating scandal isn’t wife guys or chess matches — it’s in the world of professional fishing. Here’s how it started: Two fishermen who competed in a Lake Erie fishing competition on Friday were accused of cheating and disqualified …
Read More »'House of the Dragon' Recap: The Royal Rumble
A child runs across the moonlit sands. As the stars shine down into the ocean nearby, the boy approaches a dragon asleep on the beach — Vhagar, massive and ancient, the largest and oldest animal in Westeros. Determined to seize what he feels is his birthright, he braves the beast’s …
Read More »'We Are Human Beings': Alabama Prisoners Strike to Protest Abusive Conditions, Excessive Sentencing
Swift Justice, an inmate at the Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, went to prison at the age of 17. Today, he’s 47, with 20 more years to go on a half-century prison term he got before he was an adult. “In Alabama, it’s lock ‘em up and throw away …
Read More »An Orthodox Jewish Boys' Choir Is Unironically Going Viral on TikTok
When you think of content that’s most likely to go viral on TikTok — lesbian influencer breakups and/or mukbangs, girls surprising their lackadasical boyfriends at college, women calling out fuckboy employees at high-end furniture stores — Orthodox Jewish kiddie pop groups seem like they’d be pretty low on the list. …
Read More »'It Scares the Hell Out of People': Dems Are Searching for Signs Abortion Will Save Them on Election Day
When Dr. Jessica Klemens thinks about the stakes of this year’s election in Pennsylvania, she imagines being summoned to the emergency room at the hospital where she works in Montgomery County and being presented with a patient bleeding heavily from the beginnings of a miscarriage. “If I go down there, …
Read More »Sam Smith and Kim Petras Just Put Themselves in the Running for Video of the Year With 'Unholy' Cabaret Visual
Girls, gays, theys: this one is for you. On Friday, Sam Smith and Kim Petras released the sexy, high-production, cinematic video for their song “Unholy,” and it features everything from strippers to burlesque dancers to drag queens. The Floria Sigismondi-directed visual opens with a woman saying goodbye to her partner …
Read More »California Bill Banning Use of Rap Lyrics as Evidence Signed Into Law
After unanimous approval in the Senate and Assembly, the California bill that aims to restrict the use of rap lyrics as evidence by prosecutors in criminal cases was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday, Variety reports. Killer Mike, Meek Mill, Too $hort, Tyga, YG, E-40, Ty Dolla …
Read More »Ankhal Reenacts Harrowing Shooting and Says He's Back to Fulfill His Purpose in Powerful Video for 'Nazareno Remix' With Farruko
After spending months in the hospital, the Puerto Rican rapper Ankhal has returned to music and is finally addressing a harrowing shooting that left him seriously wounded through an intense music video for the remix of “Nazareno,” a song Farruko released earlier this year. The visuals are intense and powerful, …
Read More »Taylor Swift Continues 'Midnights Mayhem' With 'Maroon' Song Title
22 more days until Midnights. But to quote Ms. Swift herself: “Honestly, baby, who’s counting?” On Thursday night, Swift continued her new tradition of using an old-school bingo ball cage to reveal a new track from her upcoming album, announcing the title of her fifth selection, “Maroon.” With this one, …
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