A 17-year-old son of Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin tried twice to vote on Election Day, according to a local election official who said no crimes were committed. Thomas Youngkin, a high school junior, presented identification at a polling place in Great Falls, Virginia, but he was deemed ineligible to vote …
Read More »Alec Baldwin Shares 'Rust' Crew Member's Post Denying 'Unsafe' Set Conditions
In a series of Instagram posts, Alec Baldwin offered a counter-narrative to allegations that the working conditions on the Rust film set were unsafe, leading crew members to quit the day of the shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin, who has been fairly quiet on social media since the …
Read More »Willie Nelson and Family Cover George Harrison's 'All Things Must Pass'
Willie Nelson and his family have released a gentle cover of George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass” featuring lead vocals by Willie’s son Lukas Nelson. The track appears on the country great’s new album The Willie Nelson Family, due out Friday, Nov. 19. With a loose arrangement that gives it …
Read More »AirPods (3rd Generation) Review: Apple's Regular Earbuds Go Semi-Pro
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s safe to say that Apple practically invented the true wireless earbud category when it released the original AirPods in 2017. But the world has changed a lot …
Read More »Greg Abbott Attacks Freedom of Private Businesses With Latest Vaccine Mandate Ban
Texas’ Republican Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order banning any entity in the state, including private businesses, from mandating a Covid-19 vaccine for employees or customers. “No entity in Texas can compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine by any individual, including an employee or a consumer, who objects to …
Read More »A Sweet But Deadly 'Squid Game' Challenge Is All the Rage on TikTok
Squid Game is the Netflix‘s newest streaming sensation, a chilling Korean show about working-class people who would rather complete in a bloody battle royale than be slowly crushed under the boot of capitalism. Naturally, this got the TikTok set thinking about how they would hack it in their very own …
Read More »Kane Brown, H.E.R. Team Up for 'Blessed & Free' Duet
Kane Brown’s collaborative streak continues with “Blessed & Free,” the country singer’s new recording with R&B singer-guitarist H.E.R. It follows the recent Blackbear collaboration “Memory” as well as the hit duet “Famous Friends” with Chris Young. Brown wrote the song with H.E.R. and an army of co-writers — Ilsey Juber, …
Read More »Tourists Arrested for Brawl at NYC Eatery Say Fight Was Over Racial Slur, Not Vaccination Status
UPDATE (9/20): Security footage has cast doubt on the claims that three Texas tourists assaulted an employee at the restaurant Carmine’s after she requested to see proof of vaccination, The New York Times reports (the footage has not been made public, but was reviewed by The Times). The footage appears …
Read More »Stream Aaliyah's Self-Titled Album
Aaliyah‘s eponymous album — her third and final studio LP originally released in July 2001 — has hit streaming services for the first time at midnight on Thursday via Blackground Records 2.0 and Empire. It is also available for download. Following her death the month after her self-titled LP originally …
Read More »DeSantis Wins, Florida's Children Lose. Mask Mandate Ban to Stay in Place — For Now
Governor Ron DeSantis won a temporary victory in his continuing battle against preventing Covid-19. Florida‘s 1st District Court ordered that the governor’s ban on mask mandates in the state’s schools remain in place while a court case opposing the ban makes its way through the appeals process. The panel of …
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