Rich Juzwiak · 05/16/14 10:34AM

Dallas' own Aunt Sassy, Amy Kushnir, appeared last night on Fox News to defend her allergic reaction to seeing Michael Sam kiss his boyfriend. Spoiler alert: "Blah blah blah traditional values blah blah blah." Homophobia, by the way, is a traditional value.

Sarah Hedgecock · 05/16/14 10:15AM

Hundreds of demonstrators protest against money spent on the World Cup preparations in São Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday before clashing with police. Image via Andre Penner/AP.

Hamilton Nolan · 05/16/14 10:11AM

The fact that Target executive Jeff Jones wrote a public response to an employee who complained to Gawker is considered so extraordinarily bold that it merits its own story in Ad Age. Take a moment to contemplate how low the bar for heroism in corporate communications must be.

Lightning Strike Reportedly Takes Down Entire Family

Adam Weinstein · 05/16/14 09:42AM

Three generations of a German family were reportedly struck down by a single lightning bolt on Tuesday when the electrical charge shot down a tree and across their lawn as they were heading inside to avoid the rain.

Michelle Dean · 05/16/14 08:59AM

Maryland has become the latest state to get a revenge porn statute onto the books. Governor Martin O'Malley yesterday signed HB 43 into law. It makes the placement of nude photographs on the Internet without consent, and with the intent to cause emotional harm a misdemeanor punishable by two years in prison, or a $5,000 fine.

Hamilton Nolan · 05/16/14 08:29AM

Fishlike casual dining chain Red Lobster is being sold to a private equity firm for $2.1 billion. Ehh... what joke would you make about Red Lobster right now? Leave it in the comments, or whatever. It's too early.

Adam Weinstein · 05/16/14 08:12AM

Nearly two-thirds of Americans polled by NBC News said they'd favor a return to death by gas, electric chair, firing squad or hanging if lethal injection was found impractical. What's your preference? Personally, I'd like to have seen polling numbers for garroting and breaking on the wheel.

Rich Juzwiak · 05/15/14 09:24PM

An addition to today's Michael Alig profile in the New York Times: "An earlier version of this article misspelled the name of a popular gay dating app. It is Grindr, not Grndr." Oh, Times, never change!

Gabrielle Bluestone · 05/15/14 09:04PM

Last year book royalties netted the Obama family between $100,000 and $200,000 in income. Vice President Biden's 2007 memoir, on the other hand, pulled in a grand total of $201.