Russian bombs brought Stepan and Maxim together. Now Russian bombs have driven them apart. The men, now both in their early thirties, were living almost 20 miles apart in the eastern Ukrainian region called the […]
How an NHL Enforcer Broke His Body — and Turned to Psychedelics to Heal His Brain
Riley Cote’s journey to enlightenment began in earnest when a hulking man punched him in the face. Cote, now 40 and retired from professional hockey, remembers the moment with a dark laugh. He’d gotten into […]
Jury Finds Bill Cosby Sexually Assaulted a Minor, Awards Her $500,000
A California jury decided Tuesday that Bill Cosby did sexually batter Judy Huth at the Playboy Mansion in 1975. Huth would have been 16 years old at the time and the actor 37. As part […]
How ‘Disney Adults’ Became the Most Hated Group on the Internet
By all reasonable definitions and standards, I am a Disney Adult. I have seen all of the movies multiple times, and enjoy most of them at least a little bit. I have strong opinions on […]
Uvalde Cops Could’ve Ended Shooting in Three Minutes, Says Texas Head of Public Safety
Steve McCraw, the Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, decried law enforcement’s response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, saying police could’ve stopped the gunman within three minutes after he […]
Gia Rachelle Talks Life In Her Latest Single “F.U.S.”
This lady is making some waves with authentic and relatable music! We’re so thrilled for “F.U.S.”, Gia Rachelle’s latest track that tackles themes everyone is familiar with—anxiety, overthinking, depression, and more—in an “un-depressive” way. The […]
Officers Entered Uvalde School with Rifles, Shield 9 Minutes After Shooter — But Did Virtually Nothing to Stop Him
Numerous armed police officers managed to enter the Texas elementary school where 21 people were killed during a mass shooting last month just minutes after the gunman stormed the building — but it took authorities nearly an […]
‘Master of Disguise’ on the Run After Mexican Authorities Find Girlfriend’s Remains
A man wanted for questioning by the FBI in the disappearance of his girlfriend has a chilling criminal history of stolen identities, disguises, and aliases, according to news reports and court documents obtained by Rolling […]
She Saw Herself as a Hippie ‘Outlaw.’ Then, She Disappeared
Karen Zelermyer is the co-host and creator of I Was Never There, a podcast made in collaboration with Wonder Media Network, about the mystery surrounding the 34-year-old disappearance of her best friend, Marsha “Mudd” Ferber. […]
His Woman-Hating SciFi Went Viral in the ‘Manosphere.’ If She’d Known, Maybe She Would Have Seen Him Coming
Alicia Cardenas’s friends knew she had enemies, but they never thought she was in imminent danger. With her thick gray and black hair, piercings, and tattoos on nearly every inch of her body, Cardenas was […]
Superhero Lit 101: Why Penguin Classics’ Marvel Comics Anthologies Matter
You can pick them out by sight on book shelves: the trade paperbacks with the Gill Sans and Perpetua typeface font, the austere black spines — all the better to make the orange-and-white lettering stand […]
‘An Evangelical Childhood is a Total Mindfuck’ New Memoir Recounts the Anxiety and Thrills of Growing Up a Conservative Christian
Charles Marsh was a teenager in Laurel, Mississippi, when, on the edge of the woods one day, he came across a jettisoned Playboy. He dared take a look, to see the naked breasts that graced […]