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An emergency motion by Alex Jones didn’t stop The Onion from turning over control of the new InfoWars to Tim Heidecker, who made his debut as host and creative director on Friday via a surprise livestream. “Lot of turmoil the past couple days on our road to total victory. We have just won a major

The Onion’s plan to turn over control of InfoWars to comedian Tim Heidecker has been delayed temporarily after a Texas court paused the takeover of Alex Jones’ platform. The satirical news outlet sought approval of the InfoWars deal Thursday, but an emergency motion filed by Jones’ lawyers was approved by the Texas Third Court of

Despite massive support from rappers, scholars, and lawyers — plus a new confession from his cousin in the double-murder case that saw them both convicted — 37-year-old James Broadnax was executed by lethal injection Thursday evening at Texas State Penitentiary. He was given the death penalty in part due to rap lyrics he wrote as

The ‘looksmaxxing’ influencer Clavicular is accused of inflicting physical, emotional, and psychological damage in a lawsuit filed by 18-year-old influencer Alorah Ziva. The 20-year-old streamer, born Braden Peters, is being sued for battery, emotional distress, and fraud. According to court documents reviewed by Rolling Stone, Peters and Alorah Ziva, real name Aleksandra Vasilevna Mendoza, met

W hen Isabel Klee was in preschool in South Orange, New Jersey, a semi-concerned teacher called home. Klee was happy and well-behaved, the teacher told Klee’s parents, but she had started to eat all of her food off of the floor. When she moved, she would get from point A to point B by crawling

O n a crisp November day in Aspen, Colorado, Rick Perry is stumping for iboga, a psychedelic shrub native to the Congo Basin rainforest in Central Africa known for producing powerful waking dreams. It is the heart of Bwiti, a centuries-old spiritual discipline primarily practiced in Gabon, and recently, the darling of the American psychedelic

In February of this year, four adult siblings filed a bombshell child sex-trafficking lawsuit against the estate of Michael Jackson. Brought by Frank, Dominic, Marie-Nicole, and Aldo Cascio, the suit — which accused Jackson of being a “serial child predator” — was filed about a month after the family tried to void a financial settlement

The Onion announced this week that it has finally locked down a deal to take over InfoWars, the right-wing conspiracy platform founded by Alex Jones. The satire outfit is already off and running with the new acquisition, selling merch featuring a reimagined, rainbow version of the InfoWars logo. It’s already reimagining its content, too, which

G wen Danielson has eyes like a pair of blue marbles, cheekbones that could cut glass, and an unruly mess of brown hair cut asymmetrically: short and mopish on one side, curls that hang past their shoulders on the other, with bangs they sweep anxiously across their forehead. Danielson paces when they are thinking, or fidgets

A dversity is a hallmark of the global auto industry. For all the wealth it’s generated over more than a century, it remains fundamentally cyclical, reacting violently to market and social changes. Recessions, depressions, wars, pandemics, political meddling, stock market crashes, regulation, and recalls have repeatedly threatened carmakers’ continued survival. When you layer never-ending technological

When Demarius Cummings heard that his cousin, James Broadnax, was scheduled to be executed on April 30, 2026, he told lawyers his conscience couldn’t take it anymore. Both men were arrested for the shooting deaths of music producers Stephen Swan and Matthew Butler in June of 2008, but only Broadnax was sentenced to death —

The 20-year-old “looksmaxxing” streamer was hospitalized for a suspected overdose last week YouTube has taken down two channels by the controversial “looksmaxxing” influencer Clavicular. The streamer, whose real name is Braden Peters, took to social media on Thursday seeking help to recover his accounts. “Very sad news this morning,” Peters wrote on X. “My YouTube channels

J ohn Cameron Mitchell is no stranger to the transformative power of the perfect wig.  At 63, the Broadway legend is best known for his punk-rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which charts the rage-filled escapades of genderqueer glam rocker Hedwig as she follows around the ex-boyfriend who stole her music and became a

Tim Heidecker thought The Onion had ghosted him. When the Tim and Eric star first heard that the satirical news sight was looking to acquire Infowars — the extremist media outfit founded by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones — Heidecker reached out through his agent. He had parodied Jones’ gruff, hysteric mannerisms before, and although he

MrBeastYouTube and GameChanger 24/7, two production companies owned by YouTube star MrBeast, have been sued by a former employee, Lorrayne Mavromatis, who alleges having experienced sexual harassment, emotional distress, and pregnancy discrimination. A federal complaint filed in North Carolina details the work culture under MrBeast, real name Jimmy Donaldson, in which Mavromatis claims she was

On April 18, President Donald Trump signed an executive order loosening restrictions on psychedelic drugs. The move clears the way for research into substances that have been illegal under federal law since 1971, when Nixon established the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), classifying psychedelics as high-risk drugs with “no accepted medical use.” The order calls on

Clavicular’s rise was not just fast. It marked a shift in how a lot of young men see themselves. Over the past year, the streamer and social media personality became one of the most prominent figures in the world of “looksmaxxing,” a subculture built around the idea that every part of a man’s appearance can

A year ago High Times was on its last legs, in receivership due to large debt. Founded in 1974 by a marijuana smuggler, the notorious weed magazine had not published an issue in several years. The website had gone dark. It stopped organizing its popular Cannabis Cup judging contests. Then Josh Kesselman came sniffing around

Satirical news site The Onion has finally taken over Infowars, the right-wing conspiracy website run by Alex Jones. Ben Collins, CEO of The Onion announced the news on Monday. “This is the culmination of a two-year-long effort to get some justice for the Sandy Hook families,” he posted on LinkedIn. The deal was first discussed

To most Americans, Roald Dahl is a children’s book author — the imaginative, intimidating, and somewhat insane mind behind beloved books like Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, and The BFG. Those who know his work a little better might be aware of his adult short fiction, some of which