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ASAP Rocky, who’s currently being held for two weeks in a Swedish jail in connection with an incident he says began with two men following and harassing him, is reportedly facing inhumane conditions at a “disease-ridden” facility. Per sources that TMZ said Tuesday have “direct knowledge” of Rocky’s forced living situation, he’s been sleeping atop […]
SPIDER, Young Thug‘s fashion brand with a covert design team based in Los Angeles, makes its formal debut in London this week. Thugger’s premiere SPIDER event is housed at architect David Adjaye’s Dirty House in Shoreditch, marking the first time a brand has hosted an event in the space. The Wireless Festival-timed pop-up sees the debut of […]
Here’s a tip: If you’re a senior White House adviser and the daughter of an impulsive demagogue who happens to be president of the United States, don’t attempt to discuss gender inequalities with world leaders as if the administration you’re representing doesn’t have a hand in exacerbating them. Over the weekend, Ivanka Trump attended the G-20 summit in Osaka, […]
A 93-year-old woman whose “dying wish” was to experience an arrest, of all things, was granted by police. Greater Manchester police detailed their side of this wish fulfillment endeavor, per The Guardian, in a statement in which the description “slightly unusual” was used to describe the initial inquiry received from Josie Birds’ granddaughter. “On this occasion, […]
While researchers from Harvard have yet to put together a peer-reviewed article on the world’s most meme’d-character, Spongebob sure as hell seems to find himself (or his co-stars) as the visual source of many-a-social-media joke, from that Krabs meme to that mocking one. In fact, he (or at least his show) has found itself the center of […]
Two men have been arrested by Northern Ireland police in connection with the recent murder of journalist Lyra McKee. The men are 18 and 19, respectively, and were taken in under the terrorism act, per CNN. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said Saturday that the men have been transported to a station in central […]
Kodak Black has reportedly been arrested at the U.S. border. TMZ reported early Thursday that Kodak was still in custody after a canceled Boston show, claiming he was arrested on weed and gun-related charges. Kodak and three other people were reportedly stopped by Customs Agents Wednesday, at which point Kodak is said to have been taken […]
Julian Assange has been arrested in London. The WikiLeaks co-founder was taken into custody at the Ecuadorian embassy in London Thursday, per BBC News. Assange had been at the embassy for the past seven years, utilizing asylum in an alleged effort to avoid extradition to Sweden in connection with a sexual assault case that’s since […]
New Zealand‘s parliament has voted overwhelmingly to amend gun laws following the Christchurch mass shootings. The move comes less than a month after the mosque attacks that left 50 people dead. The vote landed Wednesday at 119 to 1 in favor of an outright ban on military-style semi-automatic weapons, per a CNN report. As far as […]
Central Netherlands Police have arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting multiple people on a tram in Utrecht Monday. The attack occurred around 10:45 a.m. local time and resulted in the province raising its threat level to 5, the highest on the regional scale. Per CNN, a manhunt ensued, with the level being lowered to […]
