Rep. Jackie Speier has announced that she's going to introduce a bill criminalizing "revenge porn" into the House of Representatives next month. If and when she does, it will be the first effort to enact a federal law against revenge porn, or as others put it, "non-consensual pornography."

A bankrupt New Mexico peanut butter factory has been bought by a Canadian company. To what extent are you truly "keeping an eye" on our national peanut supply, Mr. President?

Tough: passing a kidney stone. Tougher: passing a kidney stone while on the campaign trail to be a governor. Toughest: passing a kidney stone during a 90-minute gubernatorial debate forum.

Early Wednesday morning, Chief Keef was reportedly involved in a shooting at a home in Northfield, Ill. that left at least one person hospitalized

Ron Paul and his think tank don't want the U.S. to get embroiled in an overseas war with Russia over its recent annexation of Crimea. That's reasonable. Ron Paul and his think tank suggest that Russia didn't even invade Crimea, really. That's self-blindered hysterical conspiracy theorizin' bull semen.

Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon was arrested on Wednesday and charged with theft and bribery. Cannon, a Democrat, allegedly accepted more than $48,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents between January 2013 and February 2014.

Today in Things You'd Look Up on Snopes if There Weren't So Many Photos, a 2-year-old boy was injured at a park after someone glued razor blades to the playground equipment.

On Monday, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of the so-called "Bishop of Bling," who spent an estimated $43 million renovating his private residence last year.

Today, a Washington, DC resident writes into The Root's "Race Manners" advice column with an important sartorial question. So important that—for the benefit of our vast white readership—we will also attempt to answer it here.

Sweden has The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and now Norway has The Boy With the McDonald's Receipt Tattoo. He's an 18-year-old from Lørenskog, and he'll always remember exactly what he ate on Monday‚ because it's inked on his right arm.

North Korean Dear Leader/monster Kim Jong-Un is now requiring every man in the country to copy his exact haircut. The rule was reportedly introduced in Pyongyang two weeks ago. (Update: The original Radio Free Asia report on this policy was probably based on an uncorroborated rumor, the AP reports. Sources in Pyongyang say they haven't noticed any changes in hairstyle in the capital.)

Rupert Murdoch “shuffled his media empire’s executives” by promoting his 42-year-old son, Lachlan, to co-chief operating officer of 21st Century Fox. Congratulations to both.

Hobby Lobby went to the Supreme Court yesterday as part of the craft company's ongoing quest to deny its female employees Affordable-Care-Act-mandated birth-control coverage. And the women on the bench were, as my mother would say, Not Impressed.

The Catholic League's Bill Donohue is reveling in the attention he has received for announcing that he wants to march in New York's upcoming Pride Parade and then rejecting organizers' acceptance because of mandatory information and training sessions. Flattering himself and letting his fantasies get the best of him, Donohue calls these "gay training sessions," which they are not.

Early Monday morning, a train in Chicago jumped the rails and crashed into an escalator at O'Hare International Airport, injuring more than 30 people. Here's video from the exact moment of impact.

"We're giving teens a reason to choose us," said an integrated marketing content director for Coca-Cola. "It gives teens a reason to reach for a Coke." Imagine living a life that required you to say those words.

Siegfried and Roy, Masters of the Impossible and Owners of Several Lions and Tigers, are mourning the loss of Mantecore, the white tiger who both attacked Roy on stage and once saved his life.

There are a handful of hallmarks of growing up: losing your virginity; getting your first apartment; realizing that America's two-party political system is a grotesque mockery of democracy. The "millennial" generation is doing all of those things right now.

A 27-year-old woman who was abandoned in a Burger King bathroom as a newborn was finally able to reunite with her birth mother this week, after a nearly month-long search on Facebook.

On Friday, Christopher Miller was released from a New Jersey prison, where he'd spent the past 15 years for robbing a shoe store near the Jersey Shore. On Saturday, he took a bus to that same store and allegedly robbed it again.