America is broken, but sometimes it takes looking at the smallest shattered pieces to realize how broken. That is the sad lesson at the core of Brian Alexander’s The Hospital. An Ohio native, Alexander spent […]
Ghislaine Maxwell Faces Sex Trafficking Charges
Federal prosecutors on Monday expanded their case against Ghislaine Maxwell, former associate of Jeffrey Epstein, bringing two new charges: sex trafficking of a minor and sex trafficking conspiracy. The indictment identifies a new accuser, referred […]
Derek Chauvin’s Trial for the Murder of George Floyd Begins
Opening statements in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer accused of murdering George Floyd, begin today, March 29th, at 10 a.m. ET. Opening statements are expected to last several days, and […]
San Diego Comic-Con Announces Thanksgiving Weekend In-Person Event
The annual Comic-Con International announced Saturday that it would hold an in-person “Special Edition” convention in San Diego in November. Comic-Con International was canceled for the first time in 50 years in 2020 due to […]
We Asked Satanists What They Think of the New Lil Nas X Video
The video for Lil Nas X’s new single “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” has everything: alien sex, snake-licking, pastel Marie Antoinette wigs, Greek references to Plato’s Symposium that a grand total of three people […]
Larry McMurtry, ‘Lonesome Dove’ Novelist, Dead at 84
Larry McMurtry, the Texas novelist known for American West epics like Lonesome Dove and the Oscar-winning screenplay for Brokeback Mountain, has died. McMurtry’s death on Thursday was first reported by The New York Times. He […]
How Spring Break Hit Miami Beach Like a Perfect Storm
If a place could look like a hangover, Miami Beach would hit the mark. It’s early evening on Monday, March 22nd, and many of the spring breakers who did an indisputable number on Miami Beach’s […]
Did QAnon Drive Chrissy Teigen from Twitter?
On Wednesday, the model Chrissy Teigen, who had accumulated 13.7 million followers on Twitter since joining in 2009, wrote that she would be deleting her Twitter account. “Hey. For over 10 years, you guys have […]
The Atlanta Spa Shootings Are Fueling Far-Right Attacks on Porn and Sex Work
In the wake of the Atlanta massage parlor shootings last week, in which eight people were murdered, there was much anguish and sober-minded discussion on social media placing the attack in the context of increasing […]
Watch Ex-Police Officer in John Wayne Gacy Case Talk Serial Killer in New Docuseries Clip
A retired police officer who worked the John Wayne Gacy case discusses the famed serial killer in the new Peacock docuseries Devil in Disguise (watch it here on Peacock). The clip above features Michael Albrecht, […]
Johnny Depp Loses Bid to Challenge Libel Verdict in Case Against ‘The Sun’
A judge has rejected Johnny Depp’s bid to challenge the ruling in a libel case he lost last year against the publisher of The Sun over an article that identified him as a “wife-beater,” the […]
QAnon and the Assault on Planned Parenthood
On January 7th, a day after a photograph of her breaching the Senate chamber during the Capitol riot went viral, Christine Priola quit her job as an occupational therapist with the Cleveland Municipal School District. […]