It’s day nine of the Bollea v. Gawker Media jury trial in St. Petersburg, Fla. and the trial is still going. Catch all the courtroom drama live, or watch it on a delay—that’s your right.
On Tuesday, Jason Brian Dalton, the 45-year-old man charged with murdering six people in a shooting spree last month, filed a $10 million federal civil rights lawsuit against Uber. Dalton, a driver for the ride-sharing company, told police that the Uber app on his phone “literally took over his mind and body.”
Jacai Colson, a Prince George’s County (Mary.) cop, was killed over the weekend by friendly fire during a shootout outside PGC police headquarters. Today in a press conference, police chief Hank Stawinski said that Colson was shot not accidentally, but instead “deliberately,” by a fellow officer who mistook him for one of the three suspects who participated in the offensive.
Watching Ted Cruz speak in any capacity isn’t pleasant. He’s smug, over-rehearsed, and likely wearing someone else’s skin. But as soon you notice this one odd, slightly nauseating little tic, watching Ted Cruz speak gets so, so much worse. We’re sorry.
Unless you work in a restaurant, you may not have noticed that many restaurants no longer include “automatic gratuities” on the checks of large groups. But if you do work in a restaurant, this little change may have left you financially destroyed.
Islamophobia and terror-angst have gotten so bad in Europe that the classroom doodles of a 4-year-old are now potential red flags for jihadi radicalization.
In July, GOP presidential candidates, influential party members, ordinary Republicans, protesters, and lots and lots of cops will convene in Cleveland for three days for the Republican National Convention. Things might get ugly.
Alkyl nitrites enthusiasts in the U.K. can exhale (and inhale, potentially)—the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) has advised that the inhalants known informally as poppers are not psychoactive, thus they “do not fall within the scope of the current definition of a ‘psychoactive substance’ in the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016.” A ban on producing, supplying, and importing various psychoactive substances in the U.K., including “legal highs” like synthetic cannabinoids, is set to go into effect on April 1.
This week, Ted Cruz participated in an US Weekly “25 Things You Don’t Know About Me” survey befitting his distinguished status as a presidential candidate. It’s no secret Cruz is a bit of a weird guy—he brags about knowing the Princess Bride by heart and terrorizes his wife by randomly breaking into song—but the facts he just revealed about his eating habits are, frankly, disgusting.
Donald Trump, who is, essentially, going to win the nomination whether you like it or not, has decided to skip the GOP Fox News debate. And why not—the last one was pretty rough.
Once upon a time, a charismatic cult leader captured the hearts and minds of racists and crazy people alike, promising a race war that would save America. Charles Manson also said some wacko things.
Ex-Speaker of the House John Boehner, clearly a little bored in retirement, has announced his support for non-candidate Paul Ryan’s presidential bid, which does not exist.
On Monday, Mark Dougan, a former deputy with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, noticed a truck that had been idling outside his Palm Beach Gardens home for an unusually long time. He stepped outside to question the driver and was quickly surrounded by at least a dozen FBI agents.
