Brendan O'Connor · 01/03/15 09:12AM

"Mr. Brinsley's short life was a series of disappointments." The New York Times has profiled Ismaaiyl Brinsley, the man who recently shot and killed two NYPD officers in Brooklyn. "If he couldn't get it together, he told the mother of his second child in early December, he would kill himself."

Zoe Saldana Gives Birth to Hipster Scum

Leah Finnegan · 01/02/15 04:40PM

When it comes to naming a human child, the only hard and true rule the Baby Name Critic adheres to in her private name consultation business (email leah@gawker.com for more info and rates) is that the child should be given an actual name, and not a name that is a pile of shit. It appears that Zoe Saldana, a Na'vi person, is yet another celebrity who has not heeded my timeless advice.

Weddings Are Boring, But This Kid Knows a Good Dance Move

Jay Hathaway · 01/02/15 04:33PM

Weddings: Good for you. Nobody cares. This kid, Harlan, and his sweet dance moves (actually, it's more like one really good move): A lone bright spot in several dark hours interacting with people's relatives.

United Airlines Customer Service Was So Bad It Made a Monk Lose His Cool

Andy Cush · 01/02/15 04:19PM

Perhaps you traveled by air this holiday season, and perhaps you wouldn't use the word "exemplary" to describe your customer service. Perhaps the airline representative took a tone with you over the phone, and perhaps you said some things you didn't mean in return. Congrats! You're in good company.

Brooklyn Man Found Dead After Vanishing During Yoga Retreat in Mexico

Taylor Berman · 01/02/15 02:57PM

Authorities in Mexico are searching for Hari Simran Singh Khalsa, a yoga teacher from Brooklyn who disappeared Tuesday while on a hike in the Tepozteco Mountains. Before he went missing, Khalsa sent his wife Ad Purkh Kaur, née Emily Smith, a selfie from the mountains with the caption, "Looking down on you"; not long after, Kaur received a second text from Khalsa, saying he had "accidentally summited another mountain" and would be "a little later coming back."