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A police officer in Germany was found guilty of sexual assault after stealthing (removing his condom without his partner’s knowledge) a woman without her consent. This occurrence is particularly noteworthy because the case is thought to be the first instance of stealthing being prosecuted in Germany, which was only made possible after the country reformed […]
We didn’t need hackers to access Facebook users’ private messages—the company reportedly willingly gave it away fo’ free to companies like Spotify and Netflix. This is one of the several troubling tidbits unearthed by a long New York Times piece published on Tuesday about Facebook’s many data-sharing agreements with other tech companies. Internal documents from […]
Forever 21 couldn’t make it to the new year without one more scandal. The fast-fashion retailer found itself in more hot water this week after unveiling a holiday sweater inspired by Marvel’s game-changing movie Black Panther. The piece in question wasn’t too noteworthy, as it featured a Fair Isle pattern with a Black Panther helmet motif and […]
A new biopic focused on Rosa Parks is on the way. According to Deadline, the first-ever scripted feature film that will hit U.S. theaters about the Civil Rights activist will start shooting in 2019. The movie industry website claims that Rosa will focus on the immediate aftermath of Parks’ arrest in 1955, after she refused to […]
Recently Complex News’ Natasha Martinez stopped by Allbird’s New York City event in the Lower East Side to check out their unique experience, combining food, fashion and sustainability. While there, she spent time with Street artist WRDSMTH, Dead Prez’s stic.man and his wife and nutritionist Afya, and celebrity stylist and social activist Ugo Mozie as they […]
A 29-year-old deer poacher in Missouri named David Berry Jr. has been sentenced to watch the Disney movie Bambi several times over as part of his sentence for a scheme that led to hundreds of deers being killed. “The deer were trophy bucks taken illegally, mostly at night, for their heads, leaving the bodies of the […]
With Christmas around the corner, one viral Facebook post of a mall Santa Claus kneeling in front of a World War II veteran is reminding people to spread gratitude this holiday season. The photo was posted by Gina Wilbur, who was visiting at Concord Mall in Delaware on Dec. 1 when she saw the mall […]
It turns out Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax holds weight in court. A panel of federal judges referenced the book when they rejected a controversial pipeline proposal. The 604.5 mile pipeline was set to transfer natural gas across parts of West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina, according to CNN. However, the proposed route had the pipeline moving […]
Saturday Night Live 2018 finale kicked off with a Donald Trump skit that had the president questioning whether poking at him should be legal. Trump tweeted on Sunday morning that he thinks the late-night comedy institution’s right to make fun of elected officials should be “tested in courts,” implying that the program “can’t be legal.” […]
A New York City police detective who specializes in sex crimes is facing an internal investigation after purportedly sexually assaulting another detective from the NYPD’s Special Victims Division in Manhattan, Buzzfeed News reports. The detective who has been implicated, Abel Perez, has since been put on modified duty, according to multiple insiders, after allegedly squeezing […]
