The U.S. Patent and Trademark office ruled today to cancel the trademark for the Washington Redskins' name, citing a law that prohibits trademarks that may disparage people or bring them "into contempt or disrepute."

Three American heroes were arrested for speaking truth to power over the weekend, after allegedly hurling beer bottles and hurtful words at security guards stationed outside singer Taylor Swift's beachfront Rhode Island mansion.

A high school student was suspended for seven weeks after he sarcastically responded to an anonymous Twitter comment, and now he's suing his school for dragging his reputation through the mud.

Participants in the Chinese festival for the summer solstice in Yulin decided to schedule their annual events a week early after taking heat from activists about the ritual of eating dogs. It is not illegal to eat dogs in China, but with changing times and more Chinese citizens owning pets, the centuries-old tradition has received pushback.

The MTA announced that due to a power outage, every single New York City subway line is experiencing delays. Hope you're into work already, and welcome to the first 90-degree day of the summer.

At least 356 people have been killed and 200 more have been tortured in the ongoing conflict between Ukraine forces and pro-Russian separatists since early May, according to a report from the UN. The same report notes that the current "climate of insecurity and fear" across the country has displaced more than 34,000 people.

Adorable Hollywood couple Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield have discovered the best possible way to deal with the paparazzi that have become a constant presence in their lives: Use them to promote charitable organizations.

A FiveThirtyEight poll that I choose to consider definitive finds that 57% of Americans do prefer to use the Oxford comma. The Oxford comma is popular, beloved, and correct. Its opponents are crude, unpoetic and awkward. [Pic: Shutterstock]

Despite appearances, the costumed mascots of Times Square can be a sour bunch. Just last year, Cookie Monster pushed a baby, Elmo spewed anti-Semitic vitriol, and Super Mario got handsy with someone's thigh. But apparently the stinkiest of all is the Spider-Man who hit a woman in the face after quarreling about a tip.

Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria attacked Iraq's largest oil refinery last night, reportedly setting as many as 17 storage tanks on fire. The Iraqi army claimed it fought off the militants, killing 40, though reports from refinery workers indicate that the ISIS remains in control of the Baiji plant, which is located just 140 miles north of Baghdad.

Morris Communications is the publisher of about a dozen newspapers across America, many of which feature jaw-droppingly fascist editorial pages (hi, Florida Times-Union). Now, the publisher has something even bigger in store for the changing media landscape.

Either Kevin Hart is genuinely terrified of roller coasters, or he's got acting chops he's not showing us in Think Like a Man Too. Whichever it is, he and Jimmy Fallon rode Universal Studios' Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit on The Tonight Show last night, and Hart squealed, squirmed, and held really tight all the way down.

The Supreme Court denied requests for stays of execution in the cases of Marcus Wellons in Georgia and John Winfield in Missouri. Wellons' execution was first since the botched lethal injection of Clayton Lockett in April and was the first in Georgia to be carried out using a drug not federally approved.

"Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many," write Richard Cheney and Liz Cheney in the Wall Street Journal, describing a "willfully blind" foreign policy leading to "thousands of slaughtered Iraqis." They mean Barack Obama. Who else would they mean?

Warner Bros. announced today that they're rebooting the live-action Scooby-Doo franchise to haunt children's dreams with the visage of an animated Great Dane once again. The 2002 film grossed $275 million worldwide. Its 2004 sequel: $180 million.

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency has reported that a boat carrying 97 people from Indonesia sank off the coast of western Malaysia. 61 people, including women and children, are still missing. Reuters is reporting that the passengers on the boat are suspected to have been trying to enter Malaysia illegally.

Jonathan Fleming, 51, was released from prison in April after serving 25 years for a 1989 murder he didn't commit. He's now seeking $162 million from New York City.

Prosecutors have dropped the domestic violence case against Paul Simon and Edie Brickell, who were arrested by police in April after getting into an "atypical argument" at their New Canaan, Conn. home. "I got my feelings hurt and I picked a fight with my husband," Brickell said in a statement. "The police called it disorderly. Thank God it's orderly now."

Earlier this month, San Marino, Ca. Mayor Dennis Kneier was caught on security camera throwing a bag of dog shit onto a neighbor's yard. Apparently, the incident was so embarrassing and scandalizing, he was forced to announce today that he's resigning as mayor.

Multiple outlets are reporting an explosion occurred at a World Cup viewing venue in Damaturu, in northeast Nigeria. A source from the General Sani Abacha Specialist Hospital told Reuters that "several pickup trucks" carrying wounded and potential casualties pulled up to the hospital following the explosion. Al Jazeera is reporting that "many" people have been killed.