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Former Red Robin CEO Michael J. Snyder Dead by Suicide | Michael J. Snyder -- known for being the first franchisee of the Red Robin restaurant chain, who later became CEO -- has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head ... TMZ has learned. Yakima County Chief Deputy Coroner Marshall Slight tells us ... Snyder committed suicide with a high-powered gun Sunday in Wa... |
Thomson Reuters to move forex derivatives to Dublin due to Brexit | LONDON (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters Corp said on Tuesday it would transfer its $300 billion-a-day foreign exchange derivatives trading business to Dublin from London ahead of Britain’s departure from the European Union next year. Major electronic bond and forex trading platforms have announced plans over the past year ... |
A Browser Game Recreates the Tedium of a 1990s Office Job | Pippin Barr’s game It is as if you were doing work simulates the distractions and mundane tasks of the office, imagined for a future when work is replaced by machines. Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads While attempting to type some inane email in It is as if you were doing work, pop-up windows proclaiming “Suc... |
Canada May Not Have Enough Legal Weed for a Year | This article originally appeared on VICE Canada. Dan Sutton is blunt about why he thinks licensed producers in Canada don’t have enough legal weed to supply demand right now. “Most of these guys they’ve been wearing pinstripe suits their whole career. They’ve never spent any time on a farm and they don’t know shit abou... |
Canadian Telecoms Make the Most Money on Mobile Data in the World | Unfortunately for Canadians, the evidence just keeps piling up that compared to the rest of the world, they’re getting a raw deal on data. Canadians have some of the lowest mobile data usage in the world, and the slowest uptake for data usage—but telecoms in the country make the highest profits for data plans, accordi... |
Twitter’s new user rules crack down on nudity and ‘unwanted sexual advances’ | Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey promised on Friday that the company would soon implement sweeping changes to better protect users from abuse and harassment. We now know what some of those changes are. In an email sent to Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council, the company outlined a few policy updates that will be “rolling out in ... |
Trump delegates in Illinois with “Muslim-sounding” names didn’t do as well as white ones | Donald Trump won the Illinois primary last night. But he didn't get as many delegates as he could have — and it might be because his supporters were averse to voting for people with the last names Sadiq and Fakroddin. Raja Sadiq and Nabi Fakroddin both ran as delegates for Trump in Trump-friendly districts. And because... |
ArtRx LA | This week, a group show questions the concept of masculinity, a store selling thousands of copies of Jerry Maguire opens, Regen Projects hosts a conversation between artist Theaster Gates and curator Hamza Walker, and more. Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads When: Opens Tuesday, January 10, 6–8pm Where: Wignall... |
Anti-corruption watchdogs wonder: 'Who is funding Mexico's presidential candidates?' | MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico’s three leading presidential candidates have not declared a single peso in direct private financial contributions to their election campaigns, federal records show, raising concerns from corruption watchdogs about the potential influence of dark money in a pivotal contest. Candidates fro... |
Islamic State is committing genocide against Yazidis, UN investigation says – VICE News | Islamic State is attempting to destroy the Yazidi population in Syria and Iraq through killings, sexual slavery, and other crimes, acts that United Nations investigators say amount to the crime of genocide being committed by the militants against the ethno-religious group of 400,000 people. The genocide accusations wer... |
The social soapbox: Democrats will embrace visual platforms at the 2016 Convention | In 2008, a relatively unknown young U.S. senator running for president fundamentally changed political campaigns in this country. Barack Obama’s election in 2008, as the first social media president, marked the moment at which political campaigning began the significant shift from the television to the digital age. Soc... |
Michael Flynn’s plea deal leaves Trump with two bleak options | Michael Flynn’s plea deal with prosecutors in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe is a watershed moment for President Donald Trump — one that leaves him with two choices, each with clear risks. Flynn, who was Trump’s national security adviser for 24 days and was also a top campaign adviser, has admitted to ly... |
NHLPA Blasts League Over Decision to Skip 2018 Olympics | This article originally appeared on VICE Sports Canada. The NHL's polarizing decision to skip out on the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea on Monday has been met with disappointment and anger by many players across the league, including some of its biggest stars. In a statement released by the league's o... |
The game theory behind Mitch McConnell's Supreme Court strategy | This post is part of Mischiefs of Faction, an independent political science blog featuring reflections on the party system. In the immediate wake of Justice Scalia's death, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell very quickly announced that President Obama should not name Scalia's successor. A great deal of attention ha... |
Venezuela loses $1.4 billion of gold to banks for guarantees: sources | CARACAS (Reuters) - Citibank and Deutsche Bank have taken control of around $1.4 billion of Venezuelan government gold, which they received as guarantees for loans, as a result of U.S. sanctions on the Venezuelan Central Bank, according to five sources. Between 2014 and 2016 the central bank (BCV) used a portion of it... |
A crackdown is underway after Venezuela’s president was attacked with exploding drones | Six people were arrested Sunday over an apparent assassination attempt on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro using explosive-laden drones. Analysts warn the arrests are likely to be just the start of a brutal crackdown in response to the embarrassing security breach. The socialist leader, who is presiding over an ... |
See the massive anti-corruption protests that overtook Romania’s streets | See the massive anti-corruption protests that overtook Romania’s streets See the massive anti-corruption protests that overtook Romania’s streets Romania’s move to weaken corruption laws has prompted massive protests, with at least 250,000 people demonstrating across 50 towns on Wednesday. It was the country’s larges... |
The Clinton campaign's excuse for not debating Sanders is ridiculous | The Clinton campaign is saying that they won't agree to a debate with Bernie Sanders in New York because they're offended by Sanders's recent "tone." This is plainly ridiculous. The reason Clinton's people don't want a debate before the New York primary is there's no upside for them in a debate before the New York prim... |
U.S. efforts to cut off Iran oil revenue working: White House adviser | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said on Thursday that United States efforts to cut off Iran’s oil export revenues through sanctions are succeeding. “What we’re trying to do here, which is succeeding, is to cut off their export revenues. They sell oil, they sell petrochemiclas, they sell ... |
Lil Uzi Vert and Zaytoven Teamed Up for New, Bouncy Anthem, "A Lot" | Yesterday, Atlanta superstar producer Zaytoven released his new Where Would the Game Be Without Me 2 mixtape with DJ Drama. The tape is an 11-song collection of tracks Zay's produced for some of rap's biggest stars, including eight new cuts and three previously released jams like Future's "Feds Did a Sweep," Quavo's "S... |
BBQ Brisket | Servings: 8Prep: 20 minutesTotal: 1 hour 30 minutes for the brisket rub:2 tablespoons paprika2 tablespoons granulated garlic1 tablespoon granulated onion1 tablespoon chili powder½ teaspoon cayenne pepper1 tablespoon kosher salt2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper4 pounds second-cut (deckle) beef brisket, cut into 3 ... |
Horse racing: Appeal over Kentucky Derby disqualification denied | (Reuters) - An appeal filed by the owner of Maximum Security, the horse that finished first in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday but was later disqualified for interference, was denied by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Monday. The appeal was filed by an attorney for Gary West, whose horse became the first winner... |
Roche's $4.3 billion Spark bid delayed again amid U.S., UK scrutiny | ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche’s $4.3 billion takeover of U.S. gene therapy specialist Spark Therapeutics has been pushed back again, possibly beyond the first half, as regulators continue to scrutinize the deal for its effect on competition. Roche said on Monday that both companies received a request for mo... |
The Christchurch gunman was stopped from attacking a third target, police say | New Zealand police revealed Wednesday that the gunman who shot and killed 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch last Friday planned to attack a third target. “We strongly believe we stopped him on the way to a further attack, so lives were saved,” Commissioner Mike Bush told reporters at a press conference in Christ... |
Kanye West Apologizes For Bad Audience Etiquette at 'Cher Show' | 7:29 PM PT -- Kanye clearly got the message, replying on Twitter, "The dynamics of Cher and Sonny’s relationship made Kim and I grab each other’s hand and sing 'I got you babe' please pardon my lack of etiquette. We have so much appreciation for the energy you guys put into making this master piece." A source close to ... |
Rouhani believes Iran has only one foreign policy and one foreign minister: chief of staff | GENEVA (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stands behind Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who resigned on Monday night, Rouhani’s chief of staff said on Tuesday, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). Rouhani has not officially accepted Zarif’s resignation, which he announced in an Instag... |
Mississippi governor to join suit against Obama transgender policy | (Reuters) - Mississippi’s Republican governor said on Thursday he planned to join a lawsuit by officials from 11 states to overturn an Obama administration directive that tells schools to let transgender students use bathrooms matching their gender identity. The lawsuit led by Texas, the most significant legal challen... |
Liliana Porter Shows How Everything Familiar Must Be Magnified or Forgotten | An exhibition at El Museo del Barrio brings us to the thorny side of profound themes like martyrdom and labor. Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads After nearly a year of renovations, El Museo del Barrio has opened with a show that couldn’t be better suited to this moment: Liliana Porter: Other Situations. A trav... |
School start times getting pushed back in response to sleep science | With a population of just over 11,000, Dobbs Ferry, New York is your typical sleepy town, except for one thing: When the first school bell rings, kids actually feel awake. Prior to the 2015-2016 school year, Dobbs Ferry middle schoolers started at 8:15 a.m. and high schoolers at 7:30 a.m. Under the new policy, both sch... |
Gun stocks divestment: Parkland shooting has made gun stocks toxic assets on Wall Street | Pressure is mounting on Wall Street to do something about gun control. Investment firms are reexamining their portfolios, dropping gun stocks, and asking weapons manufacturers what they are doing to make sure their products don't end up in a mass shooting. This reevaluation comes as public anger over political inaction... |
The head of Hezbollah has found someone he hates even more than Israelis | If there were any doubt as to just how toxic sectarian politics has become in the Middle East, the latest statement from the leader of the Iran-backed Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah should clear things right up. Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of a group that has been fighting Israel for decades, declar... |
Lyft gets an investment — from an Uber investor | A large Uber shareholder has made an investment in chief U.S. rival Lyft, part of the latest twist in the entangled web of ride-sharing deals. Lyft said on Tuesday that Fidelity, the giant mutual fund, would participate in an expanded financing round that now values the company at $11.5 billion. The round, led by Alpha... |
Congress averts government shutdown for now | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress moved rapidly on Thursday to send President Donald Trump a short-term funding bill to avert a government shutdown this weekend, leaving fights over budget priorities and a range of other controversial issues for the coming weeks. The House of Representatives, working against a ... |
Review: Disney’s live-action Aladdin is half charming, half dreadful | How do you solve a problem like Aladdin? Disney’s questionable live-action remake of its acclaimed 1992 animated film, which finally hits theaters May 24, has been dogged by controversy and skepticism since before production even began. Director Guy Ritchie, known for action comedies but not musicals, seemed an unlikel... |
China hits U.S. goods with tariffs as 'sparks' of trade war fly | BEIJING (Reuters) - China has increased tariffs by up to 25 percent on 128 U.S. products, from frozen pork and wine to certain fruits and nuts, escalating a dispute between the world’s biggest economies in response to U.S. duties on imports of aluminum and steel. The tariffs, which take effect on Monday, were announc... |
Trump called immigrants “animals” and the White House isn’t backing down | Speaking to a group of California sheriffs last week about immigration, President Trump appeared to put his foot in his mouth by referring to people facing deportation as “animals.” But rather than apologize in the face of outrage from critics who slammed Trump for dehumanizing immigrants, the administration has double... |
Cheryl Tiegs: Now I See It, Ashley Graham IS Beautiful ... In the Face | Cheryl Tiegs has a strange way of defending her comments about plus size models, in general ... and Ashley Graham, specifically. We got the OG supermodel Thursday at LAX, and she told us the media misinterpreted her words when she said this year's S.I. Swimsuit cover girl Ashley's look was ... not healthy in the long r... |
France unearths bones from 6,000-yr-old Neolithic massacre | Paris (AFP) - Archaeologists said Tuesday they had discovered the remains of victims from a 6,000-year-old massacre in Alsace in eastern France that was likely carried out by "furious ritualised warriors".
Paris - Archaeologists said Tuesday they had discovered the remains of victims from a 6,000-year-old massacre in... |
Brits Don’t Want You to Come Any Closer Than Three Feet | (Top photo: Erica Zabowski via Flickr, Creative Commons) This article first appeared on VICE UK. Panicking and ordering something you don't like at dinner because you don't want to hold anyone up. Pretending to understand what someone says the second time because it'd be embarrassing to ask again. Silently working out... |
LA's 'Spirit Guide' Will Lead You Through Your Favorite Poisons | "Just nose it. What food does it remind you of? Lemon cake? Brown sugar? This is a judgement-free zone, so let's all have at it." I am standing in front of Pedro Shanahan at Caña Rum Bar's patio in downtown Los Angeles. A group of about 35 men and women of various ages from all around the city have showed up to partic... |
At least 15 killed as gunmen attack Afghan government building | JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - At least 15 people were killed on Tuesday in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad when gunmen stormed a government building, trapping dozens inside after a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance gate, officials and witnesses said. The attack underlines the country’s dire s... |
Bryan Singer sexual assault allegations: 4 men accuse the director of sexually assaulting underage boys | In a report published in the Atlantic, four men have accused director Bryan Singer of sexually assaulting them while they were underage. The alleged assaults took place in California between 1997 and 1999. Singer is the credited director of Bohemian Rhapsody and is known for directing films like X-Men, X2, and The Usua... |
Brazil farm exports may benefit from rising U.S.-China trade tensions: official | SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian farm exports may benefit from rising trade tensions between the United States and China, an official from Mato Grosso state, Brazil’s largest grain growing region, said in an interview on Friday. “Signs of growing tensions between the United States and China may be a good opportunity fo... |
Google welcomes UK court block on claim over data collection | (Reuters) - Google welcomed a decision on Monday by London’s High Court to block an attempt to bring legal action over claims it had collected sensitive data from 4 million iPhone users in England and Wales. “The privacy and security of our users is extremely important to us. This claim is without merit, and we’re ple... |
Jon Lovett explains why Democrats in Congress probably won’t regulate Facebook | On the latest episode of Pivot, Recode’s Kara Swisher traded in Scott Galloway for a guest co-host: Crooked Media’s Jon Lovett, the co-host of Pod Save America and host of Lovett or Leave It. They talked about everything from Trump’s shutdown to Netflix’s Bird Box, and why the newly Democratic-controlled House of Repre... |
Marissa Mayer's Big Red Book: A Guide to What the Yahoo CEO Will Do Next | In the late fall, employees across Yahoo arrived at work to find a message from CEO Marissa Mayer on their desks. Delivered to everyone simultaneously, it was in the form of a book — the “big red book,” in fact, as it would soon be called across the Silicon Valley Internet giant — that she had created to explain Yahoo ... |
The Wild Story of How a 'GoT' Fan Found the Last Iron Throne on Earth | Early Thursday morning, HBO dropped the final clue in its scavenger hunt for seven Iron Thrones hidden in obscure, exotic locations around the world: an hour-long video of a giant, spiky-ass chair plunked down in the middle of what looked like a castle. This was a big one—the only Throne that had yet to be discovered—a... |
Marlins P Jarlin Garcia May Not be an Ace, but He's Dealing and Easy to Root For | Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports In late August of last year, well before Jarlin Garcia began his career as a Major League starter with a record-tying ten- and one-third hitless innings, hundreds of children—elementary-schoolers, members of youth baseball teams—gathered in the Dominican municipality of Pedro Brand, in t... |
How an Astrophysicist Used Math to Take the Math out of Darts | On a rainy early afternoon in Devon, in South West England, Steve Moore and Paul Barham dropped in on a pub and came across a group of darts players, something in and of itself not too unusual, except for the player's make up. As twenty-somethings, they were younger than the average pub player, and evenly split between... |
UPDATE 3-Britain's Kingfisher turns to Carrefour veteran to revive fortunes | * Thierry Garnier named new Kingfisher CEO * Current CEO Véronique Laury to leave by end of Sept * Garnier in senior roles for 20 yrs at Carrefour, now Asia CEO * Shares rise as much as 3.4% (Adds detail, analyst comment, updates shares) By James Davey LONDON, June 27 (Reuters) - British home improvement retailer ... |
What we know about the man who allegedly burned three black churches in Louisiana | Louisiana officials are trying to learn what motivated a sheriff’s deputy’s son who allegedly burned three black churches in the state recently. At a press conference Thursday, officials said 21-year-old Holden Matthews, whose father is a sheriff’s deputy in St. Landry Parish, is facing arson charges for allegedly burn... |
Should E-Cigarettes Even Be Allowed on Planes? | Vapers haven't been able to cloud chase in the middle of a cross-country flight for years, thanks to airline policies banning vaping on board. But if a new senate amendment is approved, vapers won't even be able to bring their devices onboard a plane in the first place. S.A. 3547 is an amendment to an amendment (isn't ... |
Colts' Darius Leonard Helps Flat Tire Victim, 'Thank The Lord For Angels!' | Forget Rookie of the Year ... Darius Leonard is now Good Samaritan of the Year -- 'cause the Colts star linebacker pulled off on the side of the road to help a woman change her tire!! It all went down this past weekend ... when a woman clearly needed an assist with a busted wheel on her Buick. Enter 23-year-old Leonard... |
Anadarko returning workers to Gulf of Mexico platforms as Gordon weakens | (Reuters) - Anadarko Petroleum Corp said on Wednesday it had begun moving people back to its Horn Mountain oil platform and Marlin oil and natural gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico, as storm Gordon weakened while moving onshore. Other company-operated and producing facilities in the Gulf of were unaffected by the sto... |
Ex-'Apprentice' Contestant Sues Donald Trump For Defamation | One of the women who accused Donald Trump of sexual assault has finally pulled the trigger on a lawsuit against the President-elect. Former 'Apprentice' contestant Summer Zervos filed a defamation suit in NYC Tuesday, claiming Trump defamed her when he publicly called her a liar, claimed the assault never happened and ... |
ISIS has kidnapped 2,000 civilians to use as 'human shields' | A report verified on Friday by US-backed forces and a separate human rights organization claimed that Islamic State militants in the city of Manbij, Syria had kidnapped around 2,000 civilians to use as "human shields." Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights described t... |
Kremlin says possible Putin-Trump meeting being worked on | MOSCOW (Reuters) - A possible meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump at the APEC summit in Vietnam is still being worked on, Russian news agencies cited Kremlin spokesman as saying on Friday. “Discussions continue. There is no clarity yet,” Dmitry Peskov was quoted by Interfax... |
Welch v. US: a surprise Supreme Court decision will let some federal prisoners out early | Some federal prisoners might qualify for shorter sentences, or even release, after a Supreme Court ruling today that held that a decision last year on a major criminal law case would be applied retroactively. On a vote of 7-1 in Welch v. United States, the Court ruled that its decision in Johnson v. United States, a ca... |
The FBI report on Hillary Clinton’s private email server, explained | FBI Director James Comey stunned reporters back in July when he laced into Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state. "There is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information," Comey said of Clinton and her ... |
Political price of no-deal Brexit would be high: Sturgeon | EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives would pay a high political price for a no-deal Brexit in Scotland, which voted to keep its EU membership, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said. The Conservatives are the second-largest party in Scotland’s devolved government behind Sturgeon’s Scottish Nat... |
UPDATE 1-Dubai's DP World acquires Topaz Energy in $1 bln deal | (Adds details on deal and Topaz earnings) DUBAI, July 1 (Reuters) - DP World, one of the world’s largest port operators, on Monday said it had acquired Dubai-headquartered oil services and marine logistics company Topaz Energy and Marine in a deal worth $1.08 billion on an enterprise value basis. DP World, also base... |
EU energy chief says Europe must commit to carbon neutrality by 2050 | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Reluctant European Union nations must be convinced to back the goal of zeroing out carbon emissions by 2050, the bloc’s energy chief told the European Parliament on Thursday, saying the fight against climate change topped the political agenda. “Europe must very clearly commit to a path of climate ... |
Inside the Oceanside Commune Where Young People Live In 'Anarchy' | For inhabitants of Poole's Land, even taking a shit is an act of rebellion. The sprawling 17-acre property, located in a rainforest in the oceanside British Columbia community of Tofino, hasn't been connected to the area's septic system since it opened in 1988. Instead, the residents, of which there are roughly 100 rig... |
New 'Halloween' movie John Carpenter | Legendary filmmaker John Carpenter seemed to walk away for good from the movie that made him an icon when he declined to direct "Halloween H20: 20 Years Later" in 1998 due to a contract dispute. But it seems time has healed this particular wound: Carpenter will be an executive producer on a new "Halloween" movie, which... |
The U.S. military just shot down another Syrian drone | Another day, another escalation in Syria. The U.S. military shot down an armed Syrian government–operated drone Tuesday after it was seen “advancing on coalition forces” and displaying “hostile intent,” U.S. Central Command said in a statement. The drone, downed near a combat outpost in the town of At-Tanf, was the se... |
Chris Brown Ridin' With Royalty | Chris Brown took his daughter Royalty for a slow spin on his ATV ... as part of an early celebration for her 2nd birthday. It looks potentially perilous -- he's hangin' on to Royalty and Tyga's kid King Cairo -- but Chris was going super slow and the kids loved it. It was a far different scene a few days back, when nei... |
Widow Challenges French Law That Prohibits Using a Dead Man’s Sperm to Get Pregnant | A young Spanish woman whose husband passed away last year has asked France to hand over his frozen sperm so that she can have his child in Spain, where she currently resides. There's only one problem: Using a dead man's sperm for insemination is illegal in France. Marina Gonzalez' husband, Nicola Turri, was diagnosed w... |
Discussing the Enduring Appeal of Abe with Oddworld Creator Lorne Lanning | In 2017, the original PlayStation's Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee will celebrate its 20th anniversary. The game, released at a time when console and home computer power was pushing virtual worlds into three dimensions like never before (step forward GoldenEye 007, Final Fantasy VII, and the Quake and Tomb Raider ... |
Let This Adorable Animation Womansplain the Clitoris | A playful animated film uses humor and illustration to deconstruct the biological logistics and historical context behind the only organ in the human body dedicated exclusively to pleasure: Le Clitoris. The documentary short by Montreal native Lori Malepart-Traversy delves into the physical anatomy of the clitoris an... |
UPDATE 1-Trump says he halted U.S. strike on Iran over possible casualties | (Adds details, Trump comments) WASHINGTON, June 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he called off a planned military strike against Iran because it would have been a disproportionate response to Tehran’s downing of an unmanned U.S. surveillance drone, adding that more sanctions have been imposed.... |
Love Relatable Grunge Pop? Here's "My Phone Is a Fucking Piece of Shit" by Hot Shorts | When we spoke to Manchester grunge-pop foursome Hot Shorts about premiering their video, which we'll get to in a minute, they sent over two press shots: one ridiculous, and one even more ridiculous. We went for the even more ridiculous option, because that perhaps says more about Hot Shorts' disposition than is possibl... |
EU official says Brexit deal cannot be improved given 'red lines' | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - There is nothing better EU and UK negotiators can come up with for the Brexit deal given the mandates and red lines from both the bloc and London, a European Union official said on Thursday. British Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet approved the draft agreement on Wednesday but it faces an unc... |
Sudan hospital traumatized by bloody crackdown | KHARTOUM (Reuters) - After the victims of a deadly crackdown on a protest camp started pouring into a Khartoum hospital, many previous patients there begged to leave in terror, overwhelming doctors. Some of the militiamen who raided the pro-democracy sit-in had surrounded Royal Care hospital to hunt protesters taking ... |
Man who disarmed Nashville shooter says he 'just wanted to live' | (Reuters) - A 29-year-old man who disarmed a gunman during a deadly shooting spree inside a Nashville restaurant on Sunday declined accolades from police and others that he was a hero, saying he acted out of a desire “to live.” James Shaw Jr., the father of a 4-year-old daughter, told a news conference flanked by Nash... |
Trump Holds the US Back While Other Countries and American Cities Take Action Against Climate Change | This is an opinion piece by Johanna Partin, Director of the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance So Syria’s in, but the U.S. is out, at least in Trump’s mind. But what shone through in Bonn, like the brilliant sun powering the new clean economy, is that Trump is the outlier. Not only has every nation represented in Bonn ra... |
Take a Guess at What the Most Downloaded Kind of Porn Is in Anti-LGBT States | It also seems worth mentioning that, according to GameLink's numbers, Utah downloads the most incest related titles. House Bill 2 was signed into law by North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory in early April. The law bans anti-discrimination measures that would protect people from being fired for their sexual orientation ... |
Hailey Baldwin was once paid $150,000 for a single Instagram post | The Netflix documentary "The American Meme" shows how social-media stars and influencers live their lives. Stars including DJ Khalid, Emily Ratajkowski, Josh Ostrovsky, and Hailey Baldwin talk about how they make their money. They say they rely on ad revenue and brand deals. They're told to post a picture on their soci... |
Voting for UK PM May's Brexit Withdrawal Agreement is 'surrender': lawmaker Francois | EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Voting for Prime Minister Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement on Friday would be a surrender, pro-Brexit Conservative lawmaker Mark Francois said on Friday. Asked by LBC radio if he could vote for May’s deal to ensure Britain leaves the EU, Francois said: “No. You can’t hold your nose when you are... |
This 3-minute cartoon explains why nuclear weapons still pose a very real threat | Nuclear weapons are something so scary and so dangerous — thousands of weapons explicitly designed to be powerful enough to destroy the world many times over, perpetually deployed, and able to be fired with the push of a few buttons, like a gun forever left to the world's head — that I'm sometimes amazed at how little ... |
Clean energy projects worth $1.5 billion seek Finnish aid | OSLO (Reuters) - Fifteen companies have applied for Finnish investment aid to partly fund new large-scale demonstration energy projects worth $1.5 billion, six of them replacing coal and other fossil fuels, the government said on Thursday. Finland aims to reduce its carbon emissions and it approved earlier in the year... |
John Mayer's Home Burglarized and 'Ransacked' | John Mayer is the latest celeb to be hit by burglars ... TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell us, someone broke into the singer's Beverly Hills-area home mid-morning Friday. The intruder got in by smashing a bedroom window. We're told the house was "ransacked." The burglar/burglars made off with music equipmen... |
Nick Gazin's Comic Book Love-In #110 | Hello All, I'm Nick Gazin, and this is the weekly VICE comics review column in which I let you know what you should read and what you should avoid. If you contact me, I can tell you other things you should do too. Let me run your reading itinerary and your whole life. Here are ten things that I've reviewed. I include l... |
M.I.A. Wants You To Know She's Not Madonna, Rihanna, Mariah, or Ariana on "Powa" | This article originally appeared on Noisey UK. Fresh off the back of an announcement that she'll be rising to the lofty echelons of legends like Patti Smith and Yoko Ono to curate this year's Meltdown Festival at London's Southbank Centre, M.I.A. has teased new music via Twitter. The multi-disciplinary artist took to ... |
British politician's murder leaves EU membership campaigns in limbo | Britain mourned lawmaker Jo Cox on Friday after a man wielding a gun and knife killed the 41-year-old in an attack that has thrown a June 23 referendum on European Union membership into limbo. Cox, a supporter of Britain staying in the EU, was shot and stabbed after a meeting with residents in her own constituency near... |
Two Poems by Daniel Moysaenko | Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected two poems by Daniel Moysaenko for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers. Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads Fungal vein of lightning you crept inside my father twice through his umbrella to the ground quickly as a mor... |
The Battle to Convince Republicans Weed Is Actually Good | Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s decision last week to allow federal prosecutors to go after marijuana businesses in places where pot is legal under state law might have alarmed some observers, but it was hardly surprising. Sessions is an old-school drug warrior who is fairly open about his hatred of weed, so it’s natu... |
A Painter's Fantasies Rendered as Cartoonish Dramas | Satoshi Kojima’s paintings don’t examine human relationships — they fondle them like a bear fondles picnic food. Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads Estrangement, reactive humor, the illogic of dreams — any of these descriptors could sum up Satoshi Kojima’s inaugural exhibition at Bridget Donahue, a gathering of... |
All charges dropped against actor Jussie Smollett | Chicago prosecutors have dropped all charges against Jussie Smollett, the black and gay actor accused of paying two men $3,500 to fake a hate crime against him. “After reviewing all of the facts and circumstances of the case, including Mr. Smollett’s volunteer service in the community and agreement to forfeit his bond ... |
How progressives are forcing the Democrats to actually do something about climate change | Some of the nation’s newly minted progressives are pushing Democratic leaders to embrace a bold new climate change agenda that would revolutionize the energy sector and end the U.S.'s reliance on fossil fuels. But it’s also revealing a split in the party and has Republicans sensing an opening for them to go on the offe... |
Russian hermit seeks peace in remote Siberia | KRASNOYARSK REGION, Russia (Reuters) - Viktor, 62, turned his back on society 16 years ago and moved to the remote forest wilderness of Russian Siberia where he lives in seclusion in a wooden hut, studying the Bible and foraging for food. Gray-bearded, enigmatic and with a huge tattoo of Christ across his back, the f... |
Once Again, Everything You Knew About High-Fat Diets Is Wrong | Let's just face it: No one knows what the fuck to eat nowadays. In an era when your most health-conscious friend may just as likely be paleo as vegan, the truth is we're all just eating on a whim and a prayer. Even our governments are flip-flopping on dietary recommendations, one decade telling us to cut fat and eat ca... |
Sweden upset Germany to reach World Cup semis | RENNES, France (Reuters) - Sweden ended Germany’s hopes of a third women’s World Cup win, coming from behind for a surprise 2-1 quarter-final victory on Saturday thanks to goals from Sofia Jakobsson and Stina Blackstenius. The Swedes now face a last-four clash with the Netherlands in Lyon on Wednesday after a win whic... |
Why Scott Kelly’s return to Earth is like an epic bad hangover | After a year in space, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth a changed man. For one, he emerged from the Soyuz landing capsule Tuesday around 1.5 inches taller than he was before the mission. (In microgravity, the spine decompresses and extends.) And, at first, he felt great, Kelly said at a NASA press conferenc... |
What I Learned About Arranged Marriage from My Indian In-Laws | In the house my husband Rajiv and I share, there's a wall dedicated to old family photos. My favorite is one of Rajiv's dad as a young doctor in California, in which he's wearing a plaid suit, polka-dot shirt, paisley tie, and a giant goofy grin. The outfit is eye-searing even in black-and-white, and could only exist i... |
China posts strong growth despite trade concerns | BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s economy grew at a slightly faster-than-expected pace of 6.8 percent in the first quarter, buoyed by strong consumer demand and robust property investment. Resilience in the world’s second-largest economy will likely keep a synchronized global recovery on track for a while longer, even as C... |
It's Here: You Can Now Stream Future's Self-Titled Fifth Album | This has been the biggest week in a while for Future – on Wednesday he announced a tour, a new album and uh, a Maroon 5 collab, yesterday we got the acid-trip themed music video for that collab (FFO: Future turning into a bear) and today we have received in our laps the LP – a self-titled, 17-track long affair. Thanks ... |
Trump tweets, “Tariffs are the greatest!” Experts say they’re not. | President Donald Trump is taking his trade war pitch to the people. His message: “Tariffs are the greatest!” Except they’re not — and even his chief economic adviser has said so. In a tweet early Tuesday morning, the president sought to reassure Americans that the tariffs he’s imposed on China, Canada, Mexico, the Euro... |
Molly Shannon -- Good Genes or Good Docs? | Molly Shannon’s good looks are nothing to joke about! Here’s a 36-year-old version of the ‘SNL’ fan favorite at an event back in 2000 (left) and 17 years later ... the "Wet Hot American Summer: 10 Years Later" babe at a party in West Hollywood last month (right). Superstar! The question is ... |
Supreme Court rejects gun rights advocates over bump stocks | (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday handed another setback to gun rights advocates challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on “bump stock” devices that enable semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly. With two conservative justices dissenting, the court refused to temporarily exempt from the ban a group of pla... |
German Museum Plans to Open Michael Jackson Exhibition Despite Leaving Neverland Controversy | The Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, Germany says it has no plans to cancel its exhibition on the pop star despite a new documentary investigating Jackson’s alleged history of sexually abusing minors. Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads Despite newly-publicized allegations that Michael Jackson repeatedly molested child... |
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