Paul Rudd shows off a neat party trick to Aisling Bea in a new promo video for the duo’s new Netflix comedy series, Living With Yourself. “Paul, do you remember our very first meeting?” Bea asks. “And the odd thing you did when I was leaving the room?” Bea then …
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Samuel Little, 79, has been named the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, the FBI confirmed on Sunday. Little has confessed to 93 murders, 50 of which FBI’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) can confirm. Now, the FBI is looking to verify five more of Little’s confessions, providing the …
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The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a “narco sub” carrying 12,000 pounds of cocaine, worth over $165 million, earlier this month in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant, working with the Colombian Navy, carried out the stop and seizure, which also led to the apprehension …
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Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD officer accused of holding Eric Garner in a chokehold during his fatal arrest, was fired on Monday, over five years after the incident sparked a national outcry against police brutality and became a defining moment in the Black Lives Matter movement, The New York Times reports. …
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In the wake of the mass shootings in El Paso, TX, and Dayton, OH — not to mention President Trump’s numerous highly incendiary statements on the tragedies — there’s been an increased scrutiny of the role of social media in spreading false information about the attacks. In their response, it’s …
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On Tuesday, San Francisco city officials voted to ban e-cigarette sales in brick-and-mortar stores, becoming the first city in the United States to institute such a law. The ordinance, which passed unanimously, restricts the sale of e-cigarettes in San Francisco until they are officially approved by the FDA. It will …
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John William King, 44, a white supremacist who brutally murdered a black man named James Byrd, Jr. in a 1998 hate crime that horrified the nation, was executed on Wednesday night in Texas via lethal injection. When asked if he had any last words, King reportedly said “no” before receiving …
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In the midst of the growing marijuana decriminalization movement, New York City’s city council has passed a groundbreaking bill that would prevent most employers from requiring job applicants to undergo marijuana drug tests. Authored by public advocate Jumaane D. Williams, the bill would be the first legislation in the country …
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A drug similar to ketamine has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a treatment for drug-resistant depression. The New York Timesreports that the drug will be marketed as a nasal spray to those who struggle with treatment-resistant depression. The drug, esketamine, is a chemical cousin to …
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Actress Ellen Page said she “had no reason to doubt Jussie [Smollett]” after he originally claimed he was the victim of a hate crime, and urged people not to “lose sight of the very real, endemic violence that LGBTQ+ people, people of color and other underrepresented communities face every day” …
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