Before President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in February, before the possibility of nuclear war became a distinct reality, Daniel’s 12-year-old stepdaughter posted a TikTok showing support for the LGBTQ+ community. When it gained a fair amount of traction, that’s when Daniel grew scared. “We had to ask her to take …
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UPDATE (3/7/22): The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal of the decision to overturn Bill Cosby‘s 2018 sexual assault conviction and release him from jail. The court, as is customary in these instances per The Associated Press,didn’t issue any comments or opinions to accompany the decision. The case was …
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The Russian oligarch who owns Chelsea FC in the English Premier League announced Saturday that he is handing over stewardship of the prestigious soccer team amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Roman Abramovich, a billionaire and one of the wealthiest Russian-born people in the world, released a statement announcing his decision, …
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Almost fresh out of college and still fairly newly arrived to New York City, I spent the early 1990s working at what I called — when I puffed my chest out a bit — “an assistant editor on the national affairs and foreign affairs desks at Rolling Stone.” Here’s what …
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In 2020, police reformers had many believing that Minneapolis was headed in the right direction. After Black Lives Matter protests demanded accountability following the murder of George Floyd, a Black man who was murdered by a white officer, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey proposed a series of reforms to address the …
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On Friday, after a four-month investigation, authorities announced they will close the case into the murder of Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old whose September disappearance during a cross-country road trip and the subsequent discovery of her body captured national media attention. In a statement, the Denver FBI said her fiancé, Brian …
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Former digital editor-in-chief of the New York Post Michelle Gotthelf has filed a lawsuit against her former employer and two former editors-in-chief of the publication, saying she was sexually harassed and that her authority was steadily undermined, culminating in her firing last week after more than 20 years with the …
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Novak Djokovic left Australia late Saturday night, officially putting an end to his legal battle to avoid deportation and dashing the unvaccinated tennis star’s hopes of playing in the Australian Open. Djokovic left at approximately 11 p.m. local time on an Emirates flight from Melbourne to Dubai, ESPN reports. Djokovic’s …
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Interview with the Vampire, author Anne Rice’s first volume in her Vampire Chronicles, had been among my favorite novels since I first read it in 1977 (I’ve read it many times since). It was imaginative in its construction and narrative voice — the worst that could be said was that …
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The prosecution has rested in the sex-trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, accused of procuring underage girls for sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The state’s last witnesses on Friday were Annie Farmer — the only victim to testify using her full name — followed by her high school boyfriend, and ending with …
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