Though Jeff Sessions days as the nation’s top justice official may be numbered, the embattled attorney general was able to start off his week with some encouraging news. On Tuesday, the Justice Department announced 15 indictments against a total of 45 members of Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), a prominent …
Read More »Louis C.K. Returns to Stand-Up Following Sexual Misconduct
Louis C.K. performed an unannounced, 15-minute set at the Comedy Cellar in New York on Sunday night, marking his stage return after admitting last year to sexual misconduct against multiple women. C.K. appeared around 11 p.m. ET, with the crowd of roughly 115 offering an immediate ovation, club owner Noam …
Read More »Spotify Pulls Episodes of Infowars' 'Alex Jones Show' Podcast
Spotify has deleted selectAlex Jones Show episodes after the host announced to listeners earlier this week to tune in to his podcast on the platform, Variety reports. On Wednesday, Spotify removed several of the ultra right-wing conspiracy theorist and Infowars founder’s podcasts following a backlash from Spotify users. Spotify cited …
Read More »The Scene: Discovering Toronto's New Wave of R&B and Hip-Hop
Canada is the second largest country in the world, and the birthplace of famous artists like Justin Bieber, Drake, The Weeknd, Shania Twain, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Alessia Cara, Grimes and Carly Rae Jepsen. So, in the second part of Rolling Stone’svideo series, “The Scene,” our correspondent Afika Nxumalo visits …
Read More »YouTube Shooter: What We Know
On Tuesday afternoon, a woman attacked YouTube‘s headquarters in San Bruno, California, shooting three people with a handgun before killing herself. Authorities identified the alleged shooter as Nasim Aghdam, a 38-year-old San Diego resident, according to The New York Times. A spokesperson for Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, said at …
Read More »Logan Paul on Backlash: 'I've Never Been Hated By the Whole World'
Logan Paul said he is trying to do better after the backlash from his controversial December 31st video, which showed a man’s body hanging in Aokigahara, Japan’s suicide forest. “It’s been tough because ironically, I’m being told to commit suicide myself,” he said during a pre-taped interview with Good Morning …
Read More »Ex USC Athlete Owen Hanson Gets 21 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking
Former USC football player Owen “O-Dog” Hanson was sentenced to 21 years and three months in prison on charges of drug trafficking and racketeering last Friday. The athlete-turned-drug-kingpin pleaded guilty to the charges in January. In addition to the prison sentence, Hanson was subjected to a court-mandated forfeiture of $5 …
Read More »Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie Accuse Harvey Weinstein of Harassment
Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Joliehaveaccused Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment, The New York Times reports. The allegations from the two Oscar winners come days after Weinstein was fired from his own company following the publication of a comprehensiveTimes reportalleging the film executive had a history of sexual assault that spanned …
Read More »Georgia Tech Shooting Shows Schism Between LGBTQ Community and Police
The fatal shooting of a transgender student late Saturday evening rocked Georgia Tech – and left the LGBTQ community searching for answers. Scout Schultz, who identified as non-binary and used gender neutral pronouns, called 911 around 11 p.m. on Saturday, September 16th to report a suspicious figure on the Atlanta …
Read More »Georgia Tech Shooting Victim Made Call That Led to Death
Scout Schultz, the Georgia Tech student who was fatally shot Saturday night, was also the person behind a call to Georgia Tech campus police earlier that evening to report a suspicious person on campus. According to a statement from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Georgia Tech Police officers received a …
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