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From Columbine to Charleston, here’s a look at some of the most notable U.S. mass shootings. (Alice Li/The Washington Post) The headlines all start to sound the same after awhile. Seven people shot inside Louisville nightclub. Four men shot in Suffolk early Sunday morning. Two dead, two hospitalized in Brice Street shooting. The shootings happen so often, the…
When I see news of a black boy being shot dead by police on a playground because he was holding a plastic gun; or a black woman being pushed to the ground with a knee at her neck, then ending up dead while in police custody, I’m not wondering whether a white girl in Arizona…
If the online footprint of the Lafayette shooter identified by police as John Russell Houser, who killed two and injured nine others during a Thursday night showing of Amy Schumer’s Trainwreck before then killing himself, is any indication, Obama has really outdone himself in the false flag department this time. What did Houser hate? Pretty much…
Mike and Jay of Red Letter Media discuss Marvel’s latest feature-length trailer for the Avengers movie. ▶ Half in the Bag Episode 12: Captain America and The Rocketeer – YouTube.
Photo: MTV; Josiah Kamau/BuzzFoto via Getty Images; Prince Williams/FilmMagic “Ready to get uncomfortable with us?” asked the official MTV Twitter account on Wednesday, preparing its audience for the documentary White People, which aired that night. In the hour-long special, Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Jose Antonio Vargas talks to young people — many of them white —…
We’ve suspected that Pixels would be an almighty disaster ever since we saw the first trailer, but it’s actually worse than we feared. Director Chris Columbus is clearly trying to create another great fantasy adventure, but he’s hamstrung by a short-sighted script. And Adam Sandler’s painful performance. Minor spoilers ahead… Sandler, along with Kevin James,…
LeSean McCoy doesn’t play in Philadelphia anymore, but apparently, he still parties there. This weekend, he’s actually planning on throwing a party at a secret location in Philly. But there’s a catch: It’s a private event and only females are allowed to attend. He posted an invitation on his Instagram about an hour ago before taking it…
It’s been at least a few days since we’ve spun you a tale of a nightmarish morning commute, so it seems appropriate to conclude this week with a subway horror story. An “earlier incident” at Court Square in Long Island City halted service on the E, F, and M trains this morning, which made things…
Amazon.com Inc., typically known for sacrificing short-term profit so it could spend its money on long-term investments, created an investor frenzy Thursday with results that put it narrowly in the black. Shares of the Seattle online retailer surged by more than 17% to over $566 in after-hours trading, pushing its market value well past that…
Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 In her new book, The Internet of Garbage, Sarah Jeong states that “the Internet is, and always has been, mostly garbage.” She talked with The Toast about topics discussed in her book, including online harassment, doxing, spam, free speech, and the challenges of moderating content platforms and social media networks. You can buy…