Ted Cruz Managed to Win One Brooklyn Precinct By Getting Just a Single Vote

Andy Cush · 04/21/16 08:10AM

Poor, sweet, sagging Ted Cruz. The man who can barely get members of his own party to listen to him when he speaks in New York got thoroughly trounced by Donald Trump and John Kasich on Tuesday. Cruz’s showing was so bad in one part of Brooklyn that he only netted one single vote. Oh, wait—hold on just a second—it looks like Cruz actually won that precinct.

City Freezes Contracts with Volunteer Orthodox Security Force Implicated in NYPD Corruption Probe

Brendan O'Connor · 04/21/16 07:38AM

The ongoing federal investigation into corruption in the NYPD expanded this week, as the chief financial officer of an Orthodox volunteer security force was arrested Sunday. He is accused of bribing officers in the NYPD’s Licensing Division to exchange for handgun permits. The mayor’s office has frozen two City Council grants, totaling $35,000, allocated to the organization.

Reince Priebus Is in So Much Pain Right Now

Brendan O'Connor · 04/20/16 05:20PM

Pity Reince Priebus, who needs to sit down for interviews and lie, through clenched teeth, about how much fun he is having watch his beloved Republican Party shatter around him, shards of glass pricking his eyeballs and getting stuck under his fingernails.

Canada to Legalize It

Hamilton Nolan · 04/20/16 04:20PM

Chilly but civilized American neighbor Canada announced today that it plans to legalize weed by this time next year.

Limp Bizkit's Secret 4/20 Show This Evening, 4/20, at Sunoco Station on Wayne Ave in Dayton, Ohio, Explained

Ashley Feinberg · 04/20/16 03:20PM

It’s not completely outside of the realm of possibility that Limp Bizkit, a screaming band of white working man messiahs, would put on a show at a random gas station as a 4/20 gag. Unfortunately for thousands of confused internet users, though, Limp Bizkit will not be playing at the Sunoco Station in Dayton, Ohio this evening. Unless that’s what they want you to think.

What Does Having an Alleged Affair With Sheldon Silver Get You?

Brendan O'Connor · 04/20/16 01:30PM

Last week, a judge unsealed court documents that outlined federal prosecutors’ allegations that former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, one of the three most powerful men in New York until his conviction on corruption charges last year, carried on at least two extramarital affairs during his time as an elected official. In the filings, the women are anonymized, but they have since been identified as Patricia Lynch, a lobbyist, and Janele Hyer-Spencer, a former assemblywoman and state employee.

Hamilton Nolan · 04/20/16 01:15PM

Amid a “third wave” artisanal coffee boom in New York City, one cafe is “planning pop-up dinners where the dishes are paired with carefully selected coffee instead of wine.” Seems like that would keep you up late.