On an average day, it’s hard not to scroll through your TikTok For You page and be met with a barrage of stomach-churning food trends. A few months ago, the public was captivated by “Spokane-style […]
Ex-Minneapolis Cop Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for George Floyd’s Death
Thomas Lane, the former Minneapolis cop who held down George Floyd’s legs while he was murdered by Derek Chauvin, has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison after previously pleading guilty to aiding and abetting […]
A Toddler on TikTok Is Spawning a Massive Mom-Led Movement
Don’t Let This Flop is released Wednesdays on all audio streaming platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Stitcher and more. At first glance, much of the content posted on @wren.eleanor, a TikTok account with more than 17 million followers, is […]
Parkland Survivors Relive Shooting at Death Penalty Trial: ‘I’m Trying Not to Freak Out’
Survivors of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, recalled watching their classmates die, suffering their own injuries, and confronting admitted shooter Nikolas Cruz during testimony on the second […]
Amazon Employee Dies at Fulfillment Center During Prime Day
An Amazon employee died at a New Jersey fulfillment center during the online retailer’s massive Prime Day sales event last week. According to Huffington Post labor reporter Dave Jamieson, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration […]
Serial Grifter Pleads Guilty to Weed-Industry Scam in California
David Bunevacz, a former decathlete and competitor for the Philippines national team in the Southeast Asian Games, has pleaded guilty to two charges related to a scheme to defraud cannabis-industry investors. Bunevacz was arrested in […]
How Vic Styles Is Changing the Game for Black Women in the Weed Community
As she sits cross legged on a blush throw rug in her Brooklyn apartment, Victoria ‘Vic’ Styles recounts the first time she ever felt connected to true creativity. The then-24-year-old had just moved to Los […]
How the FDA and CDC Are Failing Us on BA.5, the Worst Covid Variant Yet
The latest subvariant of the novel-coronavirus is spreading fast. And the federal government is struggling to keep up. There’s a lot the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can do […]
#Epsteined Trended After Ivana Trump Died, Proving Liberals Can Be Just as Brain-Poisoned as the Right
On Thursday afternoon, former President Donald Trump reported on his app TruthSocial that his ex-wife, the New York City socialite Ivana Trump and mother to his three eldest children, had died at the age of […]
How a Fake Anonymous Diary Helped Launch the 1980s Satanic Panic
In 1971, the YA book Go Ask Alice hit shelves and almost immediately set off a firestorm. Purportedly the real-life diary of a straitlaced teen girl who lost her life to drugs, it was an […]
Brittney Griner’s Lawyers Tell Russian Court That Marijuana Was Medically Prescribed
Brittney Griner’s lawyers told a Russian court that the WNBA star was prescribed medical cannabis at the latest hearing for Griner’s drug possession trial on Friday. Griner was detained at a Moscow-area airport for having vape […]
Eminem’s Daughter Hailie Jade Launches New Podcast With a Subtle Title Reference to Her Dad
Eminem’s daughter, Hailie Jade Mathers, is launching a new podcast, and she gives a not-so-subtle nod to her father in the show’s title, Just a Little Shady. Mathers announced the new show earlier this week, […]