Darryl George, a Texas high school student who sued his school for discriminating against him for having locs, was placed in an in-school suspension Tuesday after returning to school. The reason this time? The length […]
Right-Wing Trolls Waste No Time Trying to Start Transphobic ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Backlash
Gender Panic A trailer for the latest installment in the video game franchise prompted engagement-bait claims that the series has gone ‘woke’ Grand Theft Auto VI won’t be released until 2025, much to the dismay […]
‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ — The First With a Female Protagonist — Is Coming in 2025
Ah shit, here we go again. Fans have waited a decade for Rockstar Games‘ latest descent into the criminal underworld, Grand Theft Auto VI, and with anticipation now at a fever pitch, the studio has […]
Rolling Stone Wins 5 L.A. Press Club Awards
The Los Angeles Press Club held its annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards on Sunday, where Rolling Stone took home five top awards. Cheyenne Roundtree and Jason Newman won Celebrity News – print for […]
Their Bodies Were Donated to Harvard. Then They Went Missing
I n sleepy, suburban Saugus, Massachusetts, sisters Robyn D’Apolito and Nicole MacTaggart pack up the car, getting ready to meet about 30 members of their friends and family at Castle Rock Park in Marblehead. It’s […]
Tesla Fans Frustrated by Musk’s Reveal of More Expensive, Less Impressive Cybertruck
Elon Musk appeared at Tesla‘s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, on Thursday to unveil the long-awaited Cybertruck, first teased in a disastrous 2019 demo that left the prototype with two shattered windows. And while nothing broke […]
Novo Nordisk Claims Ozempic Knockoffs Aren’t Just Cheap — They’re Dangerous
As the Ozempic craze pushes advancements in weight-management medicine forward, pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, the company behind the so-called “miracle-drug,” is continuing to crack down on off-brand semaglutide products they say put patients in danger. […]
Unhinged Elon Musk Tells Advertisers: ‘Go F-ck Yourself’
Elon Musk, whose antisemitic remarks have been at the center of a mass X (formerly Twitter) exodus, told advertisers boycotting the company to “go fuck yourself” during The New York Times’ DealBook Summit on Wednesday. […]
Wife of Suspected Long Island Serial Killer Accused of ‘Trying to Capitalize’ on Case With New Docuseries
A new Peacock docuseries about the ex-wife and family of suspected Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann has unsurprisingly irked authorities and some families of victims potentially tied to the case. The project was first […]
For More Than 100 Years, the ADL Has Been Fighting Antisemitism. Critics Say It’s Losing Its Way
As calls for a ceasefire mount and the civilian death toll rises, with at least 12,700 Palestinians estimated dead and 1,200 Israelis killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, both antisemitism and Islamophobia have been […]
Inside the World’s Most Dangerous Gang War
J ust before eight in the morning on May 29, Lourdy Denis answered his phone and a woman informed him that his son had been shot in the head. She’d found Denis’ number scribbled on […]
Audiences Were Losing Faith in YA Films. These Authors Proved Them Wrong
YA is dead — at least, that was one prevailing thought after a string of popular young adult books failed to garner success on screens in 2016. Studio executives blamed the slew of unsuccessful adaptations […]