Jordan Peele To Produce Lorena Bobbitt Docuseries That Goes Behind The Media...
Fresh off his Oscar victory, Jordan Peele will tackle one of the most notorious true crimes of the 1990s. The writer and director of “Get Out” has signed on to produce “Lorena,” a documentary series...
View ArticleHow Coded Language And Emojis Are Helping China's Feminists Skirt Censorship
Women in China are covertly resisting government crackdowns on discussions over their Me Too movement with a clever workaround.The phrase “rice bunny” (米兔), pronounced as “mi tu,” has popped up on...
View ArticleIn 1998, Shell Predicted It Would Be Sued Over Climate Crisis Someday
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell was well aware of the world-altering climate risks associated with carbon dioxide emissions by at least the mid-1980s, according to a trove of internal company documents...
View Article'In The Club' Meme Is The Internet's Early Wedding Gift To Prince Harry
Prince Harry appears to have received an early wedding gift from people online, in the form of an amusing meme.For reasons unknown, a video from January 2013 resurfaced this week, showing the British...
View ArticleThis Is Your Brain On True Crime Stories
I’ve always been fascinated with true crime stories, but it wasn’t until two years ago that I became addicted. It started with my discovery of the cult podcast “My Favorite Murder,” which I listened to...
View ArticleIshaan Khatter On Privilege, Peculiar Family Dynamics And The Quest For...
Somewhere around early 2017, Ishaan Khatter, who also happens to be Shahid Kapoor's half-brother, was being discussed as the primary contender for the leading man's part in Karan Johar's Hindi remake...
View Article2 Dead And 20 Injured After Van Drives Into Pedestrians Outside German Pub
Two people died Saturday after a van crashed into pedestrians enjoying a sunny afternoon outside a pub in Muenster, Germany, said Herbert Reul, the country’s interior minister of North...
View ArticleHow To Make Big Batch Cocktails Without Doing Any Math
So you’ve finally mastered the perfect Old-Fashioned recipe (or mojito, or Manhattan, or what have you). You make it for yourself with precision, immaculately balancing the flavors every time, and you...
View ArticleRefugees Fleeing Violence In Myanmar Have A New Worry: Elephants
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh ― Around midnight on Jan. 19, a heavy sound jolted Anwar Begum out of her sleep. Something was breaking down the bamboo beams holding up her makeshift hut in a refugee camp for...
View ArticleIt Turns Out Puffins Have Fluorescent Beaks That Glow Under UV Light
As if puffins — the super cute seabirds know for digging burrows and mating for life — weren’t already cool enough, one British ornithologist recently made a stunning discovery.Jamie Dunning found that...
View ArticleHomeland Security To Compile A Database Of Journalists, Bloggers And Influencers
The Department of Homeland Security sparked concerns among media circles after news spread that the agency was creating an online database to monitor journalists, bloggers, social media influencers and...
View ArticleRanking The Best New Shows On Netflix You Can Stream Right Now
For the weekend of April 7, Streamline recommends “Collateral” in the top Netflix spot for the fifth time.Over the last few weeks, Netflix has debuted far more original movies than original shows....
View ArticleThere Is No Reasonable Way To Say 'Abortion Is Murder'
When Kevin Williamson was fired by The Atlantic on Thursday afternoon, the Twittersphere lit up with mournful statements from conservatives, claiming Williamson had been martyred for his “views.” In...
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence Will Affect The News We Consume. Whether That's A...
There are two paths ahead in the future of journalism, and both of them are shaped by artificial intelligence.The first is a future in which newsrooms and their reporters are robust: Thanks to the use...
View ArticleTrump Blames Putin, Iran For Backing 'Animal Assad' In Wake Of Reported...
President Donald Trump lashed out Sunday at Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran for supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad following a reported government chemical attack in Syria that left...
View ArticleRussia Denies Reports Of Deadly Chemical Attacks In Syria, Report Interfax News
MOSCOW -- Russia dismissed reports of a deadly chemical weapons attack in Syria's Douma, Interfax news service reported on Sunday, citing Russia's Ministry of Defence.At least 49 people have been...
View ArticleAirstrikes Hit Syria After Suspected Chemical Attack, But Pentagon Says U.S....
A barrage of missiles struck an airbase in the Homs province on Monday morning. The airstrikes came just days after a suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town in eastern Ghouta killed dozens of...
View ArticleFollowing Guptas' Temple Money-Laundering Trail
A R200-million temple, built in honour of the Gupta brothers' late father, Shiv, was erected in their home town of Saharanpur using money laundered through several of the Gupta brothers' Indian and...
View ArticleJunot Díaz: ‘I Was Raped When I Was 8 Years Old’
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Díaz wrote an emotional first-person essay for The New Yorker about being sexually assaulted when he was 8 years old.In the article published on Monday, Díaz...
View ArticleDisabled People (Might) Finally Get Emojis That Represent Us
There are currently 2,666 emojis in the dictionary we all have access to on our phones and computers. You know, those tiny, colorful symbols that we use to punctuate our texts and tweets.Of those 2,666...
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