When trans content creator and activist James Rose woke up on a Monday in mid-May, she didn’t expect her normal day prepping for a regional stage production to end with a call-out from the former […]
Tree of Life Mass Shooting Trial Begins With Victim’s 911 Call
On Oct. 27, 2018, as worshipers gathered at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, a gunman opened fire and killed 11 people. The federal death penalty trial of the alleged shooter Robert G. Bowers, […]
AI Deepfakes of True Crime Victims Are a Waking Nightmare
“Grandma locked me in an oven at 230 degrees when I was just 21 months old,” the cherubic baby with giant blue eyes and a floral headband says in the TikTok video. The baby, who […]
Manson Family Member Leslie Van Houten Might Be Getting Out of Prison
A California appeals court has paved the way for the release of former Manson family member, Leslie Van Houten, on parole. A panel of three judges voted two-to-one to reinstate a Board of Parole decision […]
Anna Delvey Is Dropping a Single and a Podcast: ‘Meet the Real Me’
From Inventing Anna to a newly invented career. On Tuesday, Anna Delvey — the convicted fraudster and fake socialite who served as inspiration for Netflix’s Inventing Anna — announced that she’ll be releasing a weekly […]
Despite Elizabeth Holmes’ Best Efforts, She Is Finally in Prison
After exhausting every possible option, including literally trying to fleeing the country, Elizabeth Holmes is finally serving her 11-year prison sentence for defrauding investors in her blood-testing startup Theranos. Since being found guilty in January […]
‘Street Fighter 6’ Is a Knockout for Gamers of All Levels
The thing about being first is that it usually puts a target on your back. For Street Fighter, despite setting the standard for an entire genre in 1987, and perfecting it in 1991, it meant […]
‘Worth It or Woke’: One Man’s Mission to Build a Red-Pilled Rotten Tomatoes
For those worried about the so-called “woke mind virus,” it’s tough keeping track of all the stuff you’re supposed to hate and boycott. Naturally, there will always be major figures and brands at top of […]
All the ‘Street Fighter’ Games, Ranked
Hadōken! It’s sounds like a nonsense word, and it mostly is, despite translating to “Wave Motion Fist” from Japanese. But when shouted, it embodies a pop culture phenomenon that triggers nostalgia in multiple generations of […]
Why the Far-Right Is Targeting Target
Target has long carried LGBTQ Pride-themed merchandise for the month of June. Sure, they’ve received some angry comments from the right, or even been called out as cringe by the left. But this year — […]
Butterfly Sanctuary Boss Caught in Border Crisis Chases Away Texas Cops
The National Butterfly Center — a nature preserve in Mission, Texas, just north of the Rio Grande — has been threatened for years by the potential construction of a border wall and even far-right QAnon […]
FBI Reveals Alleged Plot to Kill Queen Elizabeth During 1983 Visit
Queen Gambit Does this make The Naked Gun a documentary? A royal visit to the United States in the 1980s. An assignation plot targeting Queen Elizabeth II. It’s no longer just the plot to the […]