As wildfires ravaged California last August, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) figured the devastation was a good opportunity to make a point about the ills of renewable energy. “California is now unable to perform even basic functions of civilization, like having reliable electricity,” he gloated on Twitter, responding to a directive …
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“For years, I had this figure in my head — 4.2 million deaths,” Karn Vohra says. That’s the annual number of fatalities attributed to air pollution — dust, wildfire smoke, fossil-fuel combustion — by a well-known study. It’s a large number, but calculations done by a team including Vohra, a …
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With its future already unclear due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Nashville’s famed rock venue the Exit/In is now up for sale. In its 50th year of operation, Exit/In has served as a popular concert destination for Music City, hosting national touring acts including Talking Heads, R.E.M., and Lucinda Williams, as …
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Saturday Night Live poked fun at the viral saga of the woman who used Gorilla Glue in her hair with a sketch about a law firm that specializes in suing the makers of the super adhesive. While the sketch didn’t mention Tessica Brown by name, the Louisiana woman’s month-long nightmare …
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Baltimore band Angel Dust has released a remix EP of “Never Ending Game,” featuring new versions by Animal Collective‘s Panda Bear and Canadian producer Lunice. Taken from last year’s surprise EP Lil House, Panda Bear’s remix (above) minimizes the acoustic guitar and adds lush instrumentals, while Lunice’s version is heavier, …
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday that large venues in the state would reopen in limited capacity to audience members on February 23rd, NBC News reports. Ticket holders who provide a negative PCR test within 72 hours of an event will be able to attend events at arenas …
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Larry Flynt, the publisher of the sexually explicit Hustler magazine whose legal battles turned him into a flamboyant crusader for free speech rights, has died at 78. Flynt’s famed legal battles — which he took to the Supreme Court — were memorialized in the 1996 film The People Versus Larry …
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O n Christmas Eve, Steven Brandenburg, a Milwaukee-area pharmacist, attempted to destroy more than 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine, because, he admitted, he feared the Moderna drug would “alter the recipient’s DNA.” Described in law-enforcement documents as a “conspiracy theorist,” Brandenburg, 46, had reportedly warned his wife that “the world …
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Mary Wilson, a founding member of the Supremes, died on Monday at her home in Las Vegas. She was 76. Wilson’s publicist, Jay Schwartz, confirmed the singer’s death to Rolling Stone, but did not reveal a cause. The original Supremes — which also included Diana Ross and Florence Ballard — …
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UPDATE Nov. 12, 2021: After 14 years, Britney Spears‘ conservatorship has been terminated. On April 22nd, 2019, around 50 Britney Spears fans wielding neon posters bearing the hashtag #FreeBritney gathered outside of West Hollywood City Hall. The collection gathered peacefully, wearing her merchandise, playing her hits and explaining to the …
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