Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, who was inaugurated on Sunday amidst mass sexual assaults in Tahrir Square, called sexual harassment in the country an "alien phenomenon" in a statement today.

A young mother graduating from college took a celebratory photo with her baby, and it's causing a huge stir on the internet because she was breastfeeding at the time, and we're apparently still scandalized by seeing part of a breast in a completely nonsexual context.

Next time you're out buying seafood, consider getting the lobster. A Guardian report reveals that shrimp sold across the U.S. and U.K. are produced in part by slaves off the coast of Thailand who endure unimaginable violence and abuse.

A gunman opened fire at Reynolds High School in Troutdale, Oregon this morning, killing at least one student. Several injuries were reported, and police have confirmed that the shooter is dead.

From time to time, Gawker.com is pleased to present content from Cink.hu, the "foul-mouthed Hungarian news blog" with which we share a parent company. Today, we bring you the story of the wedding of Nick Denton, told by Szily László, and translated by Google.

Harvard law professor and public intellectual extraordinaire Lawrence Lessig has a bold idea: raising money in order to take money out of politics. He's here to answer your questions about his plan to start a super PAC with the express purpose of destroying super PACs, and saving democracy.

Koch Industries, the mega-conglomerate controlled by the evil cartoon billionaire Koch Brothers, is rolling out a new ad campaign to "tell a story about who we are." They are: people staring listlessly at a moving assembly line. God bless free enterprise. [Ad Age]

Last night, HBO premiered Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr., a 45-minute documentary about the father of Robert De Niro. De Niro, Sr., was an abstract impressionist painter who struggled with his lack of recognition for most of his career. He was also gay. De Niro, Jr., appeared throughout the documentary, discussed his parents' split and his dad's sexuality candidly, albeit tersely.

Mosul—Iraq's third-largest city, urbane center of the nation's northern regions, built on the remains of the once-great Assyrian empire, made free through the sacrifices of thousands of Iraqis, Kurds, and Americans—fell to a gang of Islamist insurgents Monday.

When Fox News president Roger Ailes fired his close advisor Brian Lewis last year, the channel claimed—via a series of coordinated leaks to Fox-friendly outlets—that Lewis was terminated over “financial irregularities” and unspecified “breaches of his employment contract.” Lewis fired back, and eventually settled with Fox for $8 million in November.

Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig, who has launched a PAC with the ironic but noble goal of getting money out of politics, will be joining us at 12 noon today to answer your questions about effective democracy and campaign finance reform. Start thinking.

Today marked the opening of court proceedings for 15 crew members from the Sewol, the South Korean ferry that sank off the country's southwestern coast in April, killing more than 300 people. According to Reuters, the captain entered the courtroom to a shout of "murderer!"

Late night TV is apparently only big enough for one person in tight pants, so Jimmy Fallon challenged Jennifer Lopez and her heavily-insured booty to a pants-on dance-off. Two pairs of tight pants enter, one pair of tight pants leaves.

A waitress at a North Carolina Waffle House got the surprise of her life last month when a customer on her overnight shift left her a $1,000 tip, but her joy quickly turned to disappointment when Waffle House forced her to return the money.

Rodney Brown of Lakeland, Florida was arrested this weekend after allegedly beating his brother with "spiky" pot plants at the home that they share.

What sort of criminal is the target of most federal prosecutions? Mobsters? Bank robbers? No: illegal immigrants. And where do they go? To private prisons, for whom America's immigration system is a giant profit center.

Seattle anesthesiologist Arthur K. Zilberstein's license was suspended Monday, after the state Medical Quality Commission ruled his "preoccupation with sexual matters" compromised patient safety. Dr. Zilberstein, it seems, was constantly sexting while his patients were under anesthesia.

Guccifer, the Romanian hacker who introduced the world to George W. Bush's nude self-portraits, has been sentenced to four years in prison. The former cab driver, born Marcel Lazar Lehel, was arrested in January.

Following their promise earlier this week to engage in a "full-out war with the Pakistani state, starting on June 10," the Pakistani Taliban attacked the Airport Security Forces camp near Jinnah Airport in Karachi on Tuesday, the second attack in the area in two days.