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Noting the potential for “a lot of noise” and judgment clouding, former POTUS Barack Obama advised Wednesday that his successors avoid the pitfalls of television and social media. Speaking at a San Francisco event hosted by data analysis company Splunk on Wednesday, Obama said a “team with a diversity of opinion” around you is necessary in […]
One week after he launched his re-election campaign, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has found himself at the center of a racial controversy. TIME magazine published a resurfaced photo in which the politician is seen donning brownface. The publication reports the image appeared in the 2000-2001 yearbook of a private school where a then-29-year-old Trudeau was […]
Alan Maloney, the referee who made 16-year-old high school wrestler Andrew Johnson cut his dreadlocks in order to compete in his next match, has been suspended for two years, USA Today reports. The announcement was made Wednesday following an investigation into the December 19 incident during a Buena-Oakcrest meet where Maloney forced Johnson to either wear a hair […]
16-year-old Khaseen Morris was fatally stabbed Monday in an attack witnessed by about 50 other teens. But rather than help the dying young man, police say the group of bystanders simply watched and recorded. “Kids stood there and didn’t help Khaseen,” Detective Lt. Stephen Fitzpatrick of the Nassau County Police Department said during a press conference […]
Actress Sarah Edmondson is one of the most outspoken members of the cult Nxivm, having written a memoir of her time with the sex cult that masqueraded as a personal development program. Following the arrest and trial of founder Keith Raniere, Edmondson is sharing insights into her time with the organization, including stories of how […]
Silicon Valley actor Thomas Middleditch revealed that he’s in an open marriage in an interview with Playboy, crediting a polyamorous lifestyle for saving his relationship with Mollie Gates. Middleditch told the pub that he broached the subject of seeing other people when he felt like he was going to either have to try it out […]
Another person has died from a vaping-related lung illness, bringing the toll in the United States up to seven. “With sadness, we report that there has been a death of a Tulare County resident suspected to be related to severe pulmonary injury associated with vaping,” said Tulare County Public Health Officer Dr. Karen Haught. “The […]
A Goblin era Tyler, the Creator lyric well-known among people who actively participate in pop culture is at the center of an arrest incident at the University of South Alabama. 21-year-old student Jack Aaron Christensen is said to have written the “Radicals” hook “kill people, burn shit, fuck school” on a “white flip chart” at a university library, […]
After beating cancer (twice!), an Oregon man tapped into good luck once again by bagging millions with a winning lottery ticket. “I am a very lucky guy,” Stu MacDonald, whose ticket ended up being worth a massive $4.6 million, said in an Oregon Lottery press release. “I have survived cancer twice and here I am. […]
Strangers have come to the aid of Oklahoma mother Patricia Spottedcrow and helped her pay off the legal fees she’s been battling for close to half a decade. In 2011, Spottedcrow was arrested and sentenced to 12 years in jail over $31 worth of weed. Her case sparked national outrage and in 2012, Governor Mary Fallin […]
