Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, was arrested and charged with first-degree homicide after a clash with protestors in Kenosha, Wisconsin, that led to the shooting death of two people and the wounding of a third. The teen was arrested in Illinois, where he lives, according to a complaint acquired by Rolling Stone …
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Working as a nurse at the St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio in the 1950s and 1960s, Mary Gregory saw a healthcare system that was broken. In fact, just getting to that position was a struggle: After initially being rejected from the St. Vincent School of Nursing, in 1951, …
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Saturday Night Live cast member Chris Redd has launched a GoFundMe page to provide COVID-19 aid to the George Floyd protesters. “As thousands of people take to the streets to protest racial discrimination and the many black lives lost at the hands of injustice, we also have the unfortunate fact …
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Sotheby’s and Google have teamed up for an online charity auction to raise funds for COVID-19 relief. The event kicks off from May 1st to 8th. Winning bidders will have the chance to have a virtual coffee date with Hillary Clinton to discuss how the pandemic has changed our view …
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With anti-social distancing protests sprouting up across the country, the COVID-19 deniers are out in full force. Right on the front lines are anti-vaxxers, many of whom have spent the past few months downplaying the risks of COVID-19 or sharing conspiracy theories about the origins of the virus to push …
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On the afternoon of April 19th, 1943, the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann dropped acid, and rode his bike home. Hofmann, who worked in the pharmaceutical department of Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, had first synthesized LSD in 1938 while trying to create a stimulant to treat respiratory and circulatory problems. He …
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Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for the coronavirus, less than two weeks after the disgraced producer was sentenced to 23 years in prison on sexual assault charges. On Sunday, WKBW Buffalo reported that two inmates in the nearby Wende Correctional Facility had tested positive to COVID-19. Although their names were …
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Ellen Page has made a star turn as a documentarian in recent years, co-hosting the Viceland queer travelogue showGaycation with Ian Daniel and narrating environmental films likeVanishing of the Bees. Now, Page and Daniel have directed their own film,There’s Something in the Water, which premiered its first trailer on Wednesday …
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“See the dot?” the Israeli Defense Forces soldier in the video asks. “You’re gonna aim that at your target.” He is directing these words to a woman in traditional Orthodox garb, complete with a wig and long sleeves for modesty. The woman, who appears at least a foot shorter than …
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If you are a parent of small children, you know that YouTube without content filters (and sometimes even with filters) is nothing short of a cesspool. Clicking on a video of Elmo singing “If You’re Happy and You Know It,” for instance, could prompt the algorithm to suggest, say, a …
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