Kanye West’s lunch with President Donald Trump on Thursday was supposed to be focused on criminal justice reform, gun violence and other issues plaguing the rapper’s hometown of Chicago. Instead, West, an outspoken Trump supporter, came armed witha proposal for a hydrogen-powered plane that would replace Air Force One, which …
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Italian actress Asia Argento was one of the first to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault last fall, setting off a flurry of other allegations against the movie producer, ending his career and sparking the #MeToo movement. At the same time, according to theNew York Times, Argento was allegedly scrambling …
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T he four hosts of Pod Save America have just wrapped up a live taping of their popular podcast-slash-Trump-presidency-survival-guide for a raucous crowd of red-state liberals in Nashville, Tennessee. They’re at Ryman Auditorium, the onetime spiritual home of country music, and are cooling down backstage over beers. Jon Favreau, the …
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Update, Wednesday, June 20, 3:25 p.m. EST: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Wednesday that legalization will go into effect on October 17th, 2018. Canada has legalized recreational marijuana use after the country’s two legislative chambers approved the Cannabis Act Tuesday, the CBC reports. The bill will allow Canadian …
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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 …
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On a sunny Saturday morning at his home training rink just outside Los Angeles, Adam Rippon laces up his skates for the first time since the Olympics in South Korea and lands a simple jump to applause from the parents waiting for their kids’ hockey scrimmage. A teenage girl stops …
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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 …
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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 …
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Robbie Pawelek was four years clean from alcohol and suboxone when he began spiraling in Chicago. He stopped working his recovery programs. Prescription medication helped ease his anxiety and depression, but he felt more angry and irritated than ever. Then two years ago, he moved to Austin, where friends told …
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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 …
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