Go to any Baltimore Ravens road game, and you’ll notice a lot of local fans dressed in purple with the number eight on their backs. This jersey is consistently among the top sellers in the National Football League, alongside those of the 44-year-old obelisk Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers, the science-denying failed host of Jeopardy! These
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Comedy albums by John Mulaney, Tiffany Haddish, Patton Oswalt, Kevin Hart and more were removed from Spotify over the past week after the streaming service reached an impasse with a licensing company seeking better royalties for comedians and spoken word artists. The aforementioned comedians and dozens more — like Mike Birbiglia, Jim Gaffigan, Larry the
The parents of the accused Michigan high school shooter were arrested early Saturday morning after an hours-long manhunt that followed the couple being charged with involuntary manslaughter for their son’s shooting rampage. James and Jennifer Crumbley — the parents of 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley, accused of killing four students at Oxford High School on Nov. 30
The first week of the Ghislaine Maxwell trial in New York’s Southern District courthouse concluded on Friday. The jury has heard from nine witnesses so far, including Epstein’s former pilot and domestic employee; an alleged victim of Epstein’s and Maxwell’s who spoke under the pseudonym Jane; an expert on childhood sexual abuse; and law enforcement
A Minnesota native who tested positive for the Omicron variant of the coronavirus — the second confirmed case of the new variant in the U.S. — attended a New York City anime convention just days before being diagnosed, the White House announced Thursday. The unnamed male — who was fully vaccinated — tested positive for
As the first week of the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell continues, Juan Alessi, a former housekeeper and maintenance worker for Jeffrey Epstein took the stand to talk about his employment under Epstein and his working relationship with Maxwell, who is facing up to 80 years in prison for allegedly helping Epstein traffic underage girls for
On the morning of Nov. 30, Robin Redding’s son Treshan, a senior at Oxford High School in Michigan, asked if he could stay home from school that day. Usually, Treshan goes to school with his cousins, but that morning, they weren’t answering their phones. “He felt that was kind of weird,” Redding says. “He felt
UPDATE (12/1): The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) announced on Wednesday it will suspend all WTA tournaments in China, including Hong Kong, CNN reports. “In good conscience, I don’t see how I can ask our athletes to compete there when Peng Shuai is not allowed to communicate freely and has seemingly been pressured to contradict her
On Tuesday, the first full day of witness testimony in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial, defense lawyers highlighted Epstein’s circle of high-powered acquaintances, naming former Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, as well as Prince Andrew and others as passengers aboard Epstein’s private planes for the first time in court. They also sought to depict
A former Chicago detective offered a detailed breakdown Tuesday of the investigation that led authorities to believe Jussie Smollett staged an attack against himself in the first full day of testimony in the actor’s disorderly conduct trial. Detective Michael Theis was the first witness for the prosecution and his testimony drew heavily on what investigators
This story was originally published by Searchlight New Mexico and is published here as part of an ongoing collaboration with Rolling Stone. Additional reporting by Don J. Usner. Francesquita Martinez’s words are slow and deliberate, perhaps a result of the methadone she’s taking to kick her addiction, perhaps because she is lost in the memory of Sept. 29,
The ruling that overturned Bill Cosby’s 2018 sexual assault conviction and led to the disgraced comedian’s release from jail has been appealed to the United States Supreme Court. Kevin Steele, the district attorney for Montgomery County in Pennsylvania, filed the petition last week, but it was announced Monday. Cosby was released from prison in June
Virgil Abloh, founder of Off-White and Louis Vuitton men’s artistic director, died on Sunday after a private battle with cancer. The acclaimed artist and fashion designer was 41 years old. A statement posted to Abloh’s Instagram account reads: “For over two years, Virgil valiantly battled a rare, aggressive form of cancer, cardiac angiosarcoma. He chose
Just over a year before he died on Sunday at age 41, Virgil Abloh spoke to Rolling Stone about his love for music, and about the impact and legacy that he hoped his work have. The designer spoke to Rolling Stone in October 2020 on the occasion of his Louis Vuitton Spring 2021 menswear show
Following the news of Stephen Sondheim’s death on Friday, there was an outpouring of tributes and condolences on social media dedicated to the musical theater icon. Sondheim, the legendary Broadway composer and lyricist, died at the age of 91 at his Connecticut home, according to The New York Times. He penned lyrics for musicals like West
In October, I married the love of my life at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia. Among towering Asian statues and a replica of an Egyptian sphinx, more than 100 people made the wedding feel like a mini Met Gala. Our cake was designed by a transgender baker who had the Pride flag (including black and
Stephen Sondheim, the legendary Broadway songwriter, has died at his home in Connecticut at the age of 91, according to The New York Times. The prolific composer and lyricist was the creative force behind some 20 musicals starting in 1954 — including West Side Story (lyrics), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the
God is dead. Or, at least, she has shed her physical vessel, ascending from this life to a higher plane of existence, one of pure love and enlightenment. So say the followers of Love Has Won, who believe that God is a 45-year-old woman. On April 28, 2021, Miguel Lamboy walked into the Salida Police
This Thanksgiving, we’re celebrating not by paying homage to the colonizers or taking an evening stroll with our cousins after dinner or even hooking up with our high school nemesis’s dad at our hometown bar. At Rolling Stone, we’re giving thanks to our favorite creators — namely, Francis Bourgeois, a young man who is introducing a new
The most hyped weed spot in upper Manhattan right now is a hitched trailer parked on the side of a busy intersection. Approach its dual windows during daylight hours and, under an LED banner, you’ll find two friendly brokers of THC tidings ready to dish out bags of pot or edibles for the correct amount