George Conway, the husband of top White House aide Kellyanne Conway, has taken Donald Trump to task with a fact-check of the president’s false claims about illegal border crossings. Trump tweeted Tuesday morning, ahead of his State of the Union address, that “tremendous numbers of people are coming up through Mexico in the hopes of […]
The Academy Awards are just six weeks away and there’s still no host lined up. But, stoner comedy legends Cheech and Chong say they’re ready to light up the Oscars. Tommy Chong shared a clip of himself and Cheech Marin offering their services for the Feb. 24 broadcast: Comic/actor Kevin Hart pulled out as the show’s […]
NASA declared Wednesday that 2018 was the fourth-hottest year in 139 years of records as average global temperatures rose alongside surging fossil fuel emissions. The annual analysis released by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found average temperatures across land and sea surfaces 1.42 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average, putting 2018 fourth, […]
A freshman at the University of Iowa froze to death this week after being found unconscious behind a building at the school. Gerald Belz, 18, was found close to his dorm room on Wednesday morning and died later at a hospital. According to The New York Times, investigators believe Belz’s death was caused by the record-setting […]
When police in Anderson, Missouri, searched two homes on Tuesday, they seized 58 grams of methamphetamines, a gun, a stolen ATV and a stolen horse trailer. Oh, and something else: a dead bald eagle. The bizarre discovery came after the Ozarks Drug Enforcement Team, the McDonald County Sheriff’s Office and the Anderson Police Department served two search […]
As a Lebanese-American born to immigrant parents, I’ve long been well-versed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and am passionate about both Palestinian justice and a peaceful end to this decadeslong conflict. So I’ve been troubled by recent efforts to silence Palestinian supporters like Rep. Rashida Tlaib, activist Angela Davis and journalist Marc Lamont Hill (which aim […]
The newest member of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board is a climate change skeptic whose research has been debunked and who believes that burning fossil fuels is actually beneficial. “There’s a benefit, not a cost, to producing energy from carbon,” John Christy, an atmospheric science professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, told […]
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is getting called out on Twitter after saying he’s considering a “centrist independent” bid for president in 2020 ― a move critics say could help President Donald Trump win reelection. Saying “our two parties are more divided than ever,” he called on people to “discuss how we can come together […]
A Florida man is behind bars after he allegedly threatened to kill his neighbor with kindness. It’s not what you’d think: “Kindness” is what the 30-year-old suspect, Bryan Stewart, calls his machete, according to police. Stewart, of Milton, was arrested on Thursday for an incident that allegedly happened Wednesday evening. It began when two of Stewart’s neighbors […]
Until recently, it would have been unusual to see a doctor publicly telling the National Rifle Association to “shut the fuck up.” But in recent months, gun reform advocacy has taken on a bold new face in the medical community. The shift began in November when the NRA told doctors to “stay in their lane” […]