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Google is honoring Steve Irwin on what would have been his 57th birthday with a big, colorful tribute that perfectly suits his personality. The logo on Google’s search page Friday featured illustrations of the beloved wildlife conservationist who gained popularity through his TV series “The Crocodile Hunter,” which debuted in 1996 on Animal Planet. The […]
Amazon has announced it will no longer build a headquarters in New York. “After much thought and deliberation, we’ve decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for Amazon in Long Island City, Queens,” Amazon said in a statement Thursday. The change would have brought 25,000 jobs to the Queens area, […]
Tucker Carlson dedicated a segment on his primetime Fox News show on Tuesday to railing against PayPal for banning right-wing conspiracy theorists such as Alex Jones and Laura Loomer from using its online payment service. The host of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” also name-checked white nationalist website VDare.com in his rant, which the website appeared to enjoy: Carlson […]
“CNN Tonight” and “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” tackled the numerous racist scandals that took place during this year’s Black History Month on Thursday night. Both programs bid farewell to February 2019 by declaring it “the worst Black History Month ever” and cited multiple incidents to prove their points ― such as Virginia Gov. Ralph […]
President Donald Trump said Friday he was “surprised” to hear the news about his longtime friend and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who was charged earlier that day in an investigation targeting an international sex trafficking ring. Kraft, who has owned the NFL team since 1994, was charged by Jupiter, Florida, authorities with two […]
New York City council member Ruben Díaz Sr. refuses to apologize for homophobic comments he made last week, despite criticism from the LGBTQ community and fellow council members. “When I get to the City Council, I find that the City Council is controlled ― most council members out of 51 council members ― over there, […]
What did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Vice President Mike Pence really talk about during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address last week? YouTube channel Bad Lip Reading has an amusing idea. The video editing wizards put words into the three politicians’ mouths with its latest spoof video, released online Tuesday. First lady Melania […]
Comedian Jon Stewart visited Capitol Hill on Monday to demand lawmakers pass legislation that would permanently finance a federal victims’ compensation fund for Sept. 11 first responders and their families. The former host of “The Daily Show,” a longtime advocate for the 9/11 responders, slammed lawmakers for not doing more to avoid a significant funding […]
The new Democratic head of the Federal Election Commission is reportedly launching a “nuclear option” to thwart Republican stonewallers on the panel battling against enforcement of campaign regulations. Ellen Weintraub told Mother Jones magazine that she will no longer vote to defend the agency against lawsuits accusing the agency of not enforcing regulations. Instead, she’s […]
When the New York City Football Club takes the pitch at Yankee Stadium, sections 235 through 238 are reserved for the team’s most loyal fans. There, amid a sea of light-blue NYCFC apparel, the banners, the drummers, the tifos, the organized chants and songs, and the face-painted fanatics, you’ll find another, less welcome fixture: far-right […]