San Francisco Turns Off Sirens to Accommodate Baby Hawks, Redeems Humanity
Chris Thompson · 10/21/15 06:53PMUndercover DEA Agent Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Bitcoin Theft
Chris Thompson · 10/21/15 06:15PMEast Harlem Drug Dealer Accused of Fatally Shooting NYPD Officer
Brendan O'Connor · 10/21/15 06:00PMSheryl Sandberg Gives Paul Ryan, Enemy of Women, the "Lean In Award of the Day"
Sam Biddle · 10/21/15 05:15PMCamerawoman Who Tripped Fleeing Refugees Now Plans to Sue Refugee She Tripped
Andy Cush · 10/21/15 04:47PMDating App CEO: I'm Not an Elitist, Just an Asshole
Sam Biddle · 10/21/15 04:40PM
The League isn’t for elitists. Ignore the fact that the dating app hosts a party for white people on Montauk, uses LinkedIn to filter out your inferiors, and can only be joined with a digital “ticket.” CEO Amanda Bradford says that doesn’t make her elitist, just “alpha.” There’s another word for that, Amanda!
Some Things Joe Biden Could Do Instead of Running For President
Alex Pareene · 10/21/15 04:16PMAndy Cush · 10/21/15 03:50PM
“While I am truly flattered to learn that Drake fucks with me,” writes 72-year-old installation artist James Turrell, a clear influence on the rapper’s taste for colored cubes, “I nevertheless wish to make clear that neither I nor any of my woes was involved in any way in the making of the Hotline Bling video.”
Saudi Royal Drama: The Prince, the Alleged Face Fart and the Lawsuit
Gabrielle Bluestone · 10/21/15 02:47PM
Sometimes drama just happens—you show up at a charity event and your rival is there and before you know it you’re screaming at each other and producers are getting it all on film, they love it! But sometimes drama percolates—a whisper in the wind gathers momentum, a tumbleweed roars across the barren tabloid wasteland. It’s salacious and scandalous—is it true? Next question, please.
WikiLeaks Just Doxxed the Head of the CIA
Sam Biddle · 10/21/15 02:33PMRats In Restaurants Are Not a Big Deal
Hamilton Nolan · 10/21/15 02:17PMClimate Change Could Destroy the Global Economy in a Most Terrifying Fashion
Hamilton Nolan · 10/21/15 02:05PMMan Allegedly Crashes Wedding, Then Bites Cop and Police Dog
Jay Hathaway · 10/21/15 01:42PMPolice: Reporter Started Car Fire That Left Her With Burns Over 75 Percent of Her Body
Taylor Berman · 10/21/15 01:18PMAll the Dumb Pundits and Reporters Who Said Biden Was Definitely Running for President
Allie Jones · 10/21/15 01:04PM
Vice President Joe Biden announced in a speech in the White House’s Rose Garden today that he is not running for president. This is a real bummer for the American public, which deserves, if nothing else, more election entertainment. It’s an even bigger bummer for all the pundits and political journalists who confidently reported—with sources and everything—that Biden was going to run.
Joe Biden Is Not Running for President
Taylor Berman · 10/21/15 11:18AMHamilton Nolan · 10/21/15 11:10AM
New York City Bans Sales of Sketchy Synthetic Marijuana, Better Known as K2
Jay Hathaway · 10/21/15 11:00AMNYC mayor Bil De Blasio signed a trio of bills Tuesday that outlaw the sale of synthetic weed, commonly known as K2. It’s basically a plant sprayed with chemicals, then packaged and sold in bodegas as “incense” or “potpourri” that’s “not for human consumption.” The exact mix of synthetic cannabinoids varies from brand to brand, and changes often to get around states’ controlled substance lists.