Florida Gov. Ron Desantis and his administration have used their authority to essentially punish organizations he deems to be insufficiently conservative. One of their latest targets is the Special Olympics. Jay O’Brien of ABC News reported on Friday that the governor threatened to levy an eight-figure fine against the Special …
Read More »Uvalde Commander Had No Radio When He Arrived on School Shooting Scene, Delayed Response: Report
Uvalde school district police chief Pete Arredondo was one of the first to arrive at Robb Elementary, two minutes after a gunman entered and opened fire on a classroom full of children. He ended up serving as commander to direct response on May 24. But in the weeks since the …
Read More »New York Ticket Buyers Know They Get Screwed. Now They'll Know by How Much
Ticketing companies can’t hide their fees toward the end of a purchase anymore, at least in New York. The state has passed a new bill that will institute two major policies aimed at providing transparency to ticket buyers: Ticket sellers must include fee costs upfront rather than near the end …
Read More »A Sandy Hook Mom on How to Fight for Victims of Gun Violence — Without Traumatizing Their Families
The news that 19 children had been murdered at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, sent Nelba Márquez-Greene into a deep shock. Then came the requests that shattered her: Would you release the photographs of your daughter’s autopsy? Márquez-Greene’s six-year-old daughter Ana was one of 20 children murdered at Sandy …
Read More »Horsegirl Are Reviving Indie-Rock Tradition — And Reimagining It
In cheekiest post-punk form, the first album by Horsegirl, a trio from Chicago, sports a title (Versions of Modern Performance) that sounds like a dry textbook and contains an instrumental titled “The Guitar Is Dead 3.” Even more sardonically, that track is built around solemn piano chords — because, after …
Read More »Republicans Defend AR-15s Because There Are Pesky Varmints That Need Killing
AR-15-style rifles are designed to kill human beings, and their rise in popularity coinciding with a rise in mass shootings is probably not a coincidence. Republicans want to ensure Americans are able to obtain these killing machines as easily as possible, even in the wake of a string of mass …
Read More »Scandal-Plagued Bill Murray Movie Was Quietly Shopped at Cannes — With No Buyers Yet
When production on Being Mortal began March 28 in Los Angeles, the project seemed promising. Based on the award-winning nonfiction book of the same name by noted surgeon and New Yorker writer Atul Gawande, about end-of-life care, it was written by Emmy winner Aziz Ansari, who would also be making …
Read More »Dave Chappelle's Alleged Attacker Offered Plea Deal, No Claim of Mental Incompetency 'At This Time'
The man accused of tackling Dave Chappelle onstage at the Hollywood Bowl is weighing an offer from prosecutors in his misdemeanor case and has made no claim of mental incompetency, Rolling Stone has learned. Isaiah Lee, 23, appeared in custody at a Los Angeles courthouse Thursday, still wearing a cast …
Read More »Ewan McGregor Rebukes Racist Abuse of Moses Ingram: 'You're No Star Wars Fan in My Mind'
Obi-Wan Kenobi star Moses Ingram took to Instagram to pull the curtain back on the racist responses that have flooded her DMs since joining the beloved Star Wars franchise as Inquisitor Reva Sevander on the new Disney+ series. Set to the sound of Megan Thee Stallion’s anthemic “Megan’s Piano,” the …
Read More »Even Post Malone Is Struggling to Use TikTok: 'It's So Hard for Me to Make Something Natural'
Post Malone discussed his decision to distance himself from social media and dipped his toe into the debate over the pressure artists face to promote music on TikTok during a new interview with Zane Lowe. The interview will air in full today, June 1, at 1 p.m. ET on Apple …
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