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As expected, HBO has confirmed it isn’t exactly keen on people like Trump using its properties as political devices. In response to a Trump tweet amidst Mueller Report Mania Thursday, HBO snuck in some Game of Thrones promo while affirming their disapproval of using the network’s intellectual property. “Though we can understand the enthusiasm for […]
Fossil hunter Alan Detrich is attempting to sale his young Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton on eBay for an astonishing $2.95 million, and paleontologists aren’t happy about it. Detrich is the owner of the 15-foot fossil, but he’s come under fire for his attempt to sell it online after he already lent it to the University of […]
In wake of the devastating blaze that ripped through Notre-Dame Cathedral, billionaires and corporations have pledged over $1 billion toward the landmark’s reconstruction. Apple, L’Oreal, Disney, and the LVMH Group are just some of the companies that have announced their intentions to donate, while the White House has offered “assistance in the rehabilitation of this irreplaceable symbol of […]
Alan García, the former president of Peru, has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. CNN reports that police were on their way to arrest the politician on Wednesday morning, but when they arrived at his home at 6:30 a.m. with a search warrant, a loud gunshot was heard. They eventually discovered García with a wound to his […]
A South Carolina man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for his involvement in a murder-for-hire plot against his black neighbor. According to the New York Times, 26-year-old Brandon Cory Lecroy pleaded guilty last fall for trying to pay a KKK member to carry out the murder. Prosecutors claim Lecroy asked a FBI agent posing […]
If you currently find yourself on the fence about whether or not you want to adopt a cassowary (uh, a big bird with enormous claws, pictured above) here’s an event that could change your mind. A Gainesville, Florida man who owned one of the rare birds died after he fell in his backyard this past […]
Nancy Pelosi is asking the Capitol Police to take extra care protecting House Rep. Ilhan Omar after Donald Trump shared a tweet playing Omar’s recent comments about the formation of the Council on American-Islamic Relations over video of the September 11 attacks. Trump’s video featured a short clip of the freshman congresswoman saying the words […]
Oklahoma may soon pass a law that allows all teachers who own firearms to bring them into the school, KTUL-Tulsa reports. The aptly named Teacher Carry Bill would reduce the number of hours of additional training that teachers need to carry a firearm in the classroom from 240 to 0. Currently, teachers can carry in […]
NBC News reports that a man set himself on fire outside of the White House on Friday afternoon. The U.S. Secret Service confirmed the news, arriving at the scene just after 2:45 p.m. local time. The unidentified man was in Lafayette Park across from the White House, lighting his jacket on fire while he was […]
We’ve become used to quietly terrible billionaires, the type who use their wealth to reshape laws and practices to their benefit and use their gravity-shifting hoarding of resources to make the world slightly/greatly worse. But the type of barons who inspired works like The World’s Most Dangerous Game are still out there. Take the anonymous rich guy who is […]
