Meghan Markle, actress and Duchess of Sussex, voiced her support for Black Lives Matter in a virtual commencement address delivered to the graduating class of 2020 at her alma mater, Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles. In her speech, Markle admitted that over the past few days she’d grappled …
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Attorneys representing the families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor called for sweeping reforms and other actions to cut down on police violence and increase accountability during a virtual press conference Friday. The event featured attorneys Benjamin Crump and Lee Merritt alongside CNN host Van Jones as moderator. …
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Dogs have very strong noses. “Their entire noses are just built for this kind of work,” says Dr. Cynthia Otto, director of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, who is leading a study to determine if dogs can in fact smell COVID-19. “The anatomy of their nose is …
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Linda Tripp, the civil servant who played a key role in the scandal involving then-President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky, died Wednesday at the age of 70. News first surfaced Tuesday that Tripp was gravely ill, the New York Post reported, adding that Tripp’s condition was not …
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Since the abrupt cancellation of nearly all live events globally, it’s been encouraging to see how quickly people involved in the arts and entertainment communities have pivoted to recording, posting, and sharing work on social and streaming platforms. We’ve had livestreams of concerts, intimate performances (such as Rolling Stone‘sown “In …
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Esther Perel was not thrilled about her first time going to therapy. “I’ve had my share of lousy therapy. I had my share of useless therapy. Then, I’ve had a few people who helped me try to change my life,” the psychotherapist and author tells Rolling Stone. In the latest …
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The Boy Scouts of America has filed for bankruptcy protection in the wake of thousands of child sex abuse lawsuits nationwide, though a lawyer representing some of the alleged victims believes that “probably 100,000 [young boys] were abused.” “Since the news broke [of the bankruptcy filing] we’ve been getting calls …
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Gayle King has accepted Snoop Dogg’s apology after the rapper lashed out at the CBS host when she brought up the rape allegations against the lateKobe Bryantin an interview. “I accept the apology and understand the raw emotions caused by this tragic loss,” King said Friday in a statement (via …
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HBO is telling the tale of one of the most super-sized scams of all time: the McDonald’s Monopoly game. McMillions is a six-part docuseries about ex-cop Jerry Jacobson, nicknamed Uncle Jerry, who rigged the McDonald’s Monopoly game for a decade — effectively stealing millions of dollars and building a network …
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Dictionary publisher and good Twitter account Merriam-Webster has declared the pronoun “they” as 2019’s Word of the Year. The company revealed on Tuesday that there was a 313 percent increase in searches of the word “they” on Merriam-Webster.com this year when compared to 2018. “English famously lacks a gender-neutral singular …
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