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Among the big, blue states, New York has been wildly backward on marijuana law. That may finally be changing. Governor Andrew Cuomo – who as recently as last year touted the prohibitionist myth that marijuana is a “gateway drug” – is about to receive a report from the state’s health …

A day after hundreds of thousands of young people participated in the March for Our Lives, Pope Francis encouraged the youth to continue to speak out against injustice. “The temptation to silence young people has always existed,” the pontiff warned in his Palm Sunday address. “There are many ways to …

Update: The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York has entered an order for recently-sentenced pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli to turn over the unique Wu-Tang Clan album,Once Upon A Time In Shaolin,which he purchased for $2 million in 2017. The filingalso showsthe court also requests Shkreli’s …

Ryan Seacrest will not be removed from E! News’ pre-Oscars coverage despite being accused of sexual harassment, The New York Times reports. The decision comes as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences prepares for its first Academy Awards ceremony following a wave of sexual assault and harassment accusationsagainst …

Earlier this week, 28-year-old Andrew Finch, a family man from Kansas, opened his door to a fully-armed SWAT team ready to defuse a hostage situation that was called in from 1,300 miles away. Shot down before he could even leave his porch, it became clear that Finch was the victim …

Dave Matthews, Trey Anastasio Band, Aaron Neville and Hurray for the Riff Raff will perform at “A Concert for Island Relief,” an all-star event benefiting hurricane relief efforts in the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The show will take place Saturday, January 6th, 2018 at New York …

UPDATE: The Television Academy voted Monday to “expel Harvey Weinstein from the Academy for life” following the dozens of sexual assault accusations against the producer. “The Academy supports those speaking out against harassment in all forms and stands behind those who have been affected by this issue,” the Television Academy …

Donald Trump and Michael Moore engaged in a Twitter fight after the president lashed out at the documentarian’s Trump-centric Broadway show The Terms of My Surrender. On Saturday, Trump tweeted of the show, which ended on October 22nd, “While not at all presidential I must point out that the Sloppy …

When people think of 1960s fashion, they often envision Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, but that is more “personal style,” according to designer Jayne Min. “What was happening in fashion was oftentimes very different. … Like mod sensibility… bell bottoms and frayed vests with fringe – hippie stuff.” In the …

Bob Weinstein, who cofounded the Weinstein Company with his brother Harvey, has opened up about his brother’s history of sexual assaults and the future of their company in a candid interview. “I find myself in a waking nightmare,” Bob Weinstein told The Hollywood Reporter.“My brother has caused unconscionable suffering. As …