How Did It Take This Long for the Worst-Ever Kitchen Nightmare to Close?
Jay Hathaway · 07/16/15 03:50PM
Amy’s Baking Company was the most nightmarish Kitchen Nightmare of all, a restaurant run by rage-filled lunatics so unwilling to change that even Gordon Ramsay just gave up. Two years after owners Amy and Samy Bouzaglo melted down on national TV, they’ve finally realized that customer service might not be their strong suit. Amy’s Baking Co. will close as a restaurant, and the couple plans to run a wholesale bakery under the same name.
Reddit Makes Big Show of New Harassment Policy in AMA
Ashley Feinberg · 07/16/15 03:36PM
Reddit’s new (again) CEO Steve Huffman just announced the site’s “potential” new harassment policy in the form of an AMA, leaving redditors free to offer their input before anything gets written in stone. Which is a very nice way for Reddit to pretend it cares what its users think before sending them off into tantrum number 292.
Gas Prices Rising, Coffee Prices Falling, Crazy World Still Spinning
Hamilton Nolan · 07/16/15 03:30PMPour One Out for Fung Wah Bus, Which May Never Return to the Road
Andy Cush · 07/16/15 03:20PM
For the Fung Wah Bus and its fans, the past two years have been a long and uncomfortable trip with seemingly arbitrary rest stops at a Burger King in New Jersey and maybe someone farting next to you or listening to music in really loud headphones. In December, the cheapo bus line said it was all set to resume NYC-to-Boston trips in early 2015, but now, it looks like it might never come back at all.
What Happened to Sandra Bland, a Black Woman Who Died in Jail Monday?
Andy Cush · 07/16/15 03:09PM
On Friday, Sandra Bland was arrested in Prairie View, Tx., following a routine traffic stop for failure to signal a lane change. Three days later, she was dead in her cell at Waller County Jail. Suicide by hanging is the official cause of death, but Bland’s family believes it was something much more sinister.
Taylor Berman · 07/16/15 02:17PM
Do You Live in a "Bitch" or a "Fuck" State? American Curses, Mapped
Dayna Evans · 07/16/15 01:35PM
Americans love to curse, no fucking question. Fuck this, fuck that, bitchass motherfucking cuntsucker jerk titslut, etc., etc. The question is, which of these bad-boy words are favored where? Who says “fuck” the most? Who says “asshole” the least? Is there a “shit” belt? (As it turns out, yes: From New York City down to the Gulf Coast.)
Don’t Be Afraid of the Big, Bad Law: Vaccinate Your Damn Kids
Yvette d'Entremont · 07/16/15 01:15PM
Clad in yoga pants sipping all-natural GMO-free lattes, we think ourselves beyond making primitive decisions based on fear. But out of the jungle and into bigger villages, with smoke signals cleverly disguised as iPhones, we’re still a species letting fear-based decisions severely fuck up our lives.
Reddit's Non-Toxic, Actually Useful, Sometimes Weird Subreddits: A List
Sam Biddle · 07/16/15 12:45PMOhio Creep Broke Into Crashed Car to Film It, Ignored Dying Teen Inside
Gabrielle Bluestone · 07/16/15 12:22PMHow Prosecutors Think Young Thug and Birdman Plotted to Off Lil Wayne
Jay Hathaway · 07/16/15 12:00PM
Lil Wayne’s feud with his former label boss and adoptive father, Bryan “Birdman” Williams, is so serious that, rather than waiting to fight it out in court, Birdman and his new protege Young Thug tried to have Weezy killed in a Blood gang assassination, an indictment filed in a Georgia court implies. Although Birdman and Thugga aren’t facing charges, the case against the alleged shooter—Young Thug’s tour manager Jimmy “PeeWee Roscoe” Winfrey—suggests he was trying to take Lil Wayne out on their behalf.
Life on the Dole: "Guess What, Assholes?"
Hamilton Nolan · 07/16/15 11:50AMChanning Tatum and Rihanna Explain the Iran Nuclear Deal
Ashley Feinberg · 07/16/15 11:40AM
Did you know that Iran and a group of nations led by the U.S. reached an historic agreement over nuclear weapons this week that’s been decades in the making? Probably not, but who cares! Fortunately for you, Rihanna and Channing Tatum do. And they’re here (like Ryan Gosling and Kate Upton before them) to explain it to you.
Alleged Charleston Killer Dylann Roof's Trial Set for Next July
Taylor Berman · 07/16/15 11:30AM
At a hearing this morning, a judge announced that the trial for alleged Charleston shooter Dylann Roof has been tentatively set for July 11, 2016. Ninth Circuit Judge J.C. Nicholson also extended a gag order that prevents law enforcement agencies from releasing information—including 911 calls, photos, and police reports—about the June 17th massacre at Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church until at least next Wednesday.