American is an economically unequal country. It is also plagued by a great deal of poverty, particularly by the standards of rich, developed nations. Today, poverty and inequality are meeting in more American places than ever before.

Ashton Kutcher, new papa, ham-fisted tweeter, adulterer, tech mogul, Bears fan, has lived quite a life in his 36 years. His biography is full of interesting crannies. For instance: He dated January Jones. His favorite cigarette is the filtered Lucky Strike. He is a student of Jewish mysticism. He had a girlfriend who was murdered.

Here's something depressing: teacher-student racy photo scandals are no longer limited to high school. A 28-year-old fifth grade teacher in Florida was arrested yesterday after allegedly sending sexual photos to a student at her school—so, a child under the age of 12—via the messaging app Kik.

Taryn Manning, the actress who plays Pennsatucky in the Netflix prison dramedy Orange in the New Black, was arrested Tuesday for violating a restraining order and threatening the former friend who's allegedly been stalking her for months, Gossip Cop reports.

Mario Alberto Lizalde Reyes turned himself into Chihuahua, Mexico police the day after he allegedly shot his best friend Mario Hernandez Banda dead, cut off his penis, and fed the severed organ to his dog.

Despite a serious "oversupply situation" of casinos in the Northeast, and despite the ongoing collapse of casinos in Atlantic City, Philadelphia has just issued a license for a new casino in the city. Well. Philly's full of degenerate gamblers, so maybe they'll "get lucky" ;)

In his strangely poetic mugshot, Gabriel Harris of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., appears to be the saddest man in the world, wracked with a deep and abiding pain we can hardly begin to comprehend. But was he upset at his arrest, or at being dragged away empty-handed from Taco Bell at 3 a.m.? Either seems pretty plausible when you're drunk.

Jimmy Soni, the top HuffPost editor who left the site after an internal investigation into several young staffers’ sexual harassment claims against him, is now a “social media consultant” for The New York Observer.

You may have heard, but: critically-acclaimed avant garde British singer FKA Twigs is dating Twilight teen idol Robert Pattinson. He must be a fucking excellent boyfriend, because Twigs says the "positivity" she gets from R-Patz makes all the racist bullshit she gets from teen Twitter trolls "very worth it."

Edward Snowden, an enemy of America, released top secret information so powerful that it would destroy the government's ability to keep Americans safe. Information so powerful that, in fact... nothing has changed.

A ship heading for Malaysia was intercepted by the Bangladeshi Navy on Monday, officials said, after it was discovered that the ship was harboring over 600 trafficking victims. It was then directed to the port of Chittagong by Tuesday night.

Honduran police reportedly found the bodies of the reigning Miss Honduras and her sister on Wednesday, six days after the two women disappeared from a spa in Santa Barbara. Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, and her sister, Sofia, 23, were both shot to death.

Sarah Silverman kicked off the short comedy series Rubberhead yesterday with a bit called "Cops Cum Dicks and Flying," co-starring Seth Rogen. The title doesn't immediately make sense, but then it suddenly arrives and it's all over you and ugh you're going to need a shower after this because there's so much of it.

As local Brooklyn publication Bushwick Daily announced on Monday, the December terror known as SantaCon (where adults dress up as Santa, travel to different bars, and drink themselves stupid) is planning to move from its former home in the East Village to a new parade path in Bushwick. That is, until bars and restaurants in the area announced a boycott.

Remember that dark period in history when editor Anna Wintour dared to put Kim Kardashian and Kanye West on the cover of Vogue (last April)? She confesses now that she did so to get people talking about Vogue. Imagine that.

The grand jury decision on Darren Wilson is coming any day now, and Missouri is on edge: this week, Governor Jay Nixon preemptively declared a 30-day state of emergency in order to bring in the National Guard, and St. Louis County police have been furiously buying up gear since Michael Brown was shot and killed in August. They aren't the only ones.

If you asked random people to name one thing they want from Steve Harvey, some of them would say "relationship advice," because that's the weird and gross world we live in. But many more would correctly identify Harvey's most valuable contribution to humanity: "reactions to truly dumb Family Feud answers."

As Manhattan continues its transformation into a land of empty luxury apartments owned by absentee billionaires, support has grown for a tax on these sorts of second homes, for motherfuckers. Now, our wish may be coming true.

As accusations of sexual assault continue to build against Bill Cosby, Netflix has decided to shelve the comedian's one-hour standup special, Bill Cosby 77, originally planned to hit the streaming service Nov. 28.

Attention people who like sexy men: People has crowned an Australian actor the Sexiest Man Alive. No, it's not Hugh Jackman. It's uhh, you know, that guy from Thor (who's seen Thor?). Your Sexiest Man Alive is a tall blond dad named Chris Hemsworth.