New Video Shows Cop Decking Tamir Rice's Teen Sister Just After Shooting
Andy Cush · 01/08/15 01:10PMNew footage from Cleveland.com shows a Cleveland cop forcing Tamir Rice's sister to the ground minutes after her brother was shot by police, then cuffing her and putting her in a patrol car. The city of Cleveland initially refused to release the 30-minute video, which Cleveland.com obtained after hiring an attorney.
Fred Armisen Has a Reputation
Jordan Sargent · 01/08/15 12:53PM
The fifth season of Fred Armisen's hipster sketch show Portlandia premieres tonight, and if you spend enough time reading about the comedian online, you'll be left with two impressions: First, that he's funny and charming. And second, that his charm and humor mask something of a reputation. For what exactly depends on whom you ask, but here are some adjectives that have been used to describe him over the years: "womanizer," "sociopath," "traumatizing," and, from Armisen himself, "terrible."
Don Lemon to Muslim Human Rights Lawyer: "Do You Support ISIS?"
Taylor Berman · 01/08/15 12:29PMThe Bill de Blasio Marijuana Rumors are Coming from Cops
J.K. Trotter · 01/08/15 12:26PM
For the bulk of his tenure, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has been dogged by rumors that he and his wife consume marijuana with some frequency. Yesterday, at a press conference in Brooklyn, he told a Daily Caller reporter that “I haven’t smoked marijuana since I was at NYU” and denied he ever smoked weed at Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the mayor. We’ve asked about these rumors ourselves. It’s worth highlighting, however, who exactly is spreading them: The mayor’s security detail and their colleagues in the New York City Police Department.
Five-Year-Old Girl Dead After Dad Threw Her Off a Bridge: Cops
Jay Hathaway · 01/08/15 12:22PMHow JPMorgan Robbed a Church
Hamilton Nolan · 01/08/15 12:15PMWhite House Investigating How Rappers Got Malia's Selfie
Jay Hathaway · 01/08/15 10:47AM
The White House is looking into how what appears to be a selfie of the president's 16-year-old daughter, Malia Obama, sporting the t-shirt of Joey Bada$$'s rap crew, Pro Era, made it onto the internet. And also where they can get one of those shirts, and whether Malia can get them Bada$$'s autograph please?
Charlie Hebdo to Publish Next Week: "Stupidity Will Not Win"
Dayna Evans · 01/08/15 10:40AMFoie Gras Is For Assholes
Hamilton Nolan · 01/08/15 09:54AMJon Stewart on Charlie Shooting: Comedy Shouldn't Be an Act of Courage
Jay Hathaway · 01/08/15 09:45AMCharlie Massacre Brothers Reportedly Rob Gas Station North of Paris
Aleksander Chan · 01/08/15 08:42AMPolice Officer Killed After Gunman Opens Fire in Southern Paris
Aleksander Chan · 01/08/15 08:00AM
Further raising tensions in Paris amid a manhunt for two suspected shooters in yesterday's Charlie Hebdo office massacre, a police officer was killed and another person injured after an unidentified assailant opened fire early Thursday. French police do not believe there to be connection between this morning's shooting and yesterday's killings.
This Five-Foot-Long Snake Slithered Out of Someone's Toilet This Week
Gabrielle Bluestone · 01/07/15 11:45PMConan O'Brien You'd Be a Real Idiot Not to Go to Allison Janney's Party
Gabrielle Bluestone · 01/07/15 09:45PMSomewhere under the Southern Californian moon, midwestern gin fizz Allison Janney is having a dance party and if she invites you, Conan O'Brien, you'd be a real moron not to go.
Youngest Suspect in Charlie Hebdo Shooting Surrenders to French Police
Gabrielle Bluestone · 01/07/15 09:04PMFox News' Gretchen Carlson Has Some Deep Thoughts on Charlie Hebdo
Gabrielle Bluestone · 01/07/15 07:20PMTime for Gretchen Carlson's take on the Charlie Hebdo shooting now.
Report: Charlie Hebdo Suspect Killed, Two Arrested in Raid (UPDATED)
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Jay Hathaway · 01/07/15 06:20PM
You likely haven't heard of Frederick County, Md., councilman Kirby Delauter, and that's exactly the way Kirby Delauter likes it. In a textbook example of the Streisand Effect—which should probably be renamed The Kirby Delauter Effect at this point—Kirby Delauter threatened a local journalist who dared to publish his name.










