Thomas Gilbert Jr Ruled Mentally Fit to Stand Trial in Father's Murder After Appealing to DA in Letter
Brendan O'Connor · 12/21/15 09:46PM
On Monday, the East Hampton Star reports, a New York State Supreme Court judge ruled that Thomas Gilbert Jr., who is accused of murdering his father, a prominent hedge-fund manager, is mentally competent to stand trial. Also, he wrote a letter to the DA reminding him that they went to the same school.
Donald Trump Has Gone Soft, Refuses To Murder Journalists
Melissa Cronin · 12/21/15 09:02PMJudge Schedules William Porter's Retrial in Freddie Gray Case for June
Brendan O'Connor · 12/21/15 08:36PM
A Baltimore judge has scheduled the retrial of Officer William Porter, who faces who faces manslaughter, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, and misconduct charges in the death of Freddie Gray, for June. According to the Associated Press, five other officers are due to go on trial before then.
NYU Continues Time-Honored Tradition of Pouring Money Into Lavish Apartments
Melissa Cronin · 12/21/15 08:10PM6 U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan in Taliban Suicide Attack
Brendan O'Connor · 12/21/15 06:55PM
In Afghanistan on Monday, six American troops were killed in what the Associated Press reports is the deadliest suicide attack on international forces there since August. The suicide bomber drove a motorcycle rigged with explosives into a joint NATO-Afghan patrol. Two Americans and an Afghan soldier were wounded.
R. Kelly Is Fighting a Losing Battle
Jordan Sargent · 12/21/15 06:12PM500 Days of Kristin, Day 331: Lauren Conrad Also Wrote a Book
Allie Jones · 12/21/15 05:38PM
Three hundred and thirty-one days ago, former Laguna Beach star Kristin Cavallari announced that she was writing a book to be released sometime in the far distant future: “spring 2016.” She later specified that Balancing in Heels would be published in March. Guess what: former Laguna Beach star Lauren Conrad has a book coming out then, too.
Chelsea Clinton Prepares Bundled Donation
Gabrielle Bluestone · 12/21/15 04:47PMThe Year in Bad Teens
Ashley Feinberg · 12/21/15 04:21PMBad Person Megyn Kelly Will Again Battle Worse Person Donald Trump on Live TV
Sam Biddle · 12/21/15 04:00PMHamilton Nolan · 12/21/15 03:28PM
University of Alabama Now Routinely Drug Testing Frat Bros
Allie Jones · 12/21/15 03:16PMBrave
Allie Jones · 12/21/15 02:30PMA President Should Be Able to Hold It
Ashley Feinberg · 12/21/15 02:15PMThe Complete History of Quentin Tarantino Saying "Nigger"
Rich Juzwiak · 12/21/15 02:00PM
No contemporary white public figure has a more involved relationship to the word “nigger” than Quentin Tarantino. He’s used it in screenplays since the beginning of his directing career, he’s been criticized (and defended) by black peers for it, and he’s explained his rationale for it several times in a variety of ways. Americans are obsessed with the word “nigger,” a semantic memento of our country’s shameful founding legacy. But few white artists seem to me more obsessed than Tarantino.
Martin Shkreli: I Was Only Pretending to Be Horrible
Jordan Sargent · 12/21/15 01:42PM
In his first interview since bailing himself out on federal fraud charges, pharmaceutical warlord Martin Shkreli told the Wall Street Journal that he was only a big dumb butthead on the internet as a grand social experiment, which given the outcome, seems like it ended up being a very bad experiment.
REMINDER: St. Augustine, Florida Still the Nation's Oldest City
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Lindsey Graham Mercy Kills His Presidential Campaign
Jordan Sargent · 12/21/15 10:20AMLindsey Graham, senator from South Carolina, announced this morning that he is “suspending my campaign for President.” It is a suspension the rest of us can safely assume is permanent.