Kate Middleton Debuts Royal Bangs 

Sophie Saint Thomas · 09/17/15 10:30PM

Kate Middleton has bangs, you guys. And they’re all over the place. Royals, they’re just like us. Minus that £1,245 Ralph Lauren shirtdress.

24 Students at Virginia High School Suspended for Wearing the Confederate Flag

Sophie Saint Thomas · 09/17/15 09:00PM

24 students at a southwestern Virginia high school were suspended Thursday for wearing clothing displaying the Confederate flag in protest of school policy. Christiansburg High School banned the symbol after instances of “racially motivated behavior” (or “mysteriously and not at all purposefully unelaborated behavior”) back in 2001 and 2002, NBC reports.

Hudson Hongo · 09/17/15 08:30PM

According to Reuters, 11 people were killed and 1 million more were displaced by the 8.3-magnitude earthquake that shook Chile on Wednesday. “We lost it all. It was horrible,” said a woman whose town was destroyed by surging waters. “I jumped into some stranger’s pickup truck. We left with what we had on our backs.”

Young Child Inspired to Ditch His Prosthetic Eye by One-Eyed Rapper Fetty Wap

Jordan Sargent · 09/17/15 05:30PM

Here is a wonderful story about the power of America’s most maligned art form: rap music. According to the mother of a young Colorado boy, her son has been inspired to go out in the world without his prosthetic eye after years of embarrassment thanks to the success of the suddenly and immensely popular rapper Fetty Wap, pictured above, who himself lost an eye at a young age.

Joe Biden Is "100%" Running For President, Says Advisor Talking Too Loudly on Amtrak

Jordan Sargent · 09/17/15 04:35PM

Everybody hates the guy on Amtrak who talks too loudly—I assume, because I’ve never ridden Amtrak, but it seems like something people complain about. But what if that guy is a close advisor of a potential presidential candidate and is spilling need-to-know-info all over the so-called “café car?”

Hamilton Nolan · 09/17/15 04:30PM

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, who was paid $20 million last year, acknowledged today that “income inequality has kind of gotten worse” in the past 20 years, but said that inequality is mitigated by the fact that “20 years ago... People didn’t have iPhones.”