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A month ago, Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania posted a selfie to X, formerly Twitter, that would shock America — and kick off weeks of feverish, unfounded claims that he had been replaced by a lookalike. The caption read, “Lost a bet to Karl.” The outcome of that wager with his teenage son was immediately

It all started with a name. Author and conspiracy theory expert Mike Rothschild, who is not related to the storied Rothschilds — a banking dynasty at the center of infamous antisemitic mythology — found that cranks often dismissed his reporting on the assumption that he was. Just because of his byline, he could be implicated in a

Tim Ballard, whose purported rescues of sex-trafficking victims were fictionalized in the hit summer movie Sound of Freedom, earlier this year left the advocacy group he founded after an internal investigation of sexual misconduct claims, sources familiar with the organization have confirmed. Ballard did not return a request for comment on the allegations. According to

“What’s the one thing that your optometrist doesn’t want you to know about?” asks a “human optimization specialist” who goes by the name Samantha Lotus in a recent video on her Instagram account. “The fact that you do not need glasses,” she answers, removing a pair from her own face. Lotus goes on to explain

This summer, we faced unbearable heat waves, we breathed in thick, dark wildfire smoke, and we saw homes and cars be swallowed up by mass floods. We are up against a ticking time bomb, pushing us to cut down emissions as fast as possible. From our cities and towns, to our businesses, to the high

There are very few people who know more about the history of ancient Rome than Mike Duncan. The creator and host of the tremendously popular History of Rome podcast, which first aired between 2007 and 2012, Duncan has essentially devoted his career to studying the inner workings of the Roman empire, also writing a book,

How do people watch their favorite TV shows? Using a cable provider? Bought season by season direct on demand? Switching on whichever streaming service has it at the moment? Well, on TikTok, one of the most popular ways to consume media right now is watching episodes broken up into dozens of three-minute snippets. And the

Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy insisted they told former NFL player Michael Oher they never intended to formally adopt him and denied his claim that they used public perception of his supposed adoption for financial gain, in a new court filing. The new document, filed in Shelby County, Tennessee Probate Court Thursday, Sept. 14, is

Adam Sandler has missed you. He’ll show you how much he’s longed for you this fall on a comedy tour he’s dubbed the I Missed You Tour. The tour features a “surprise guest” and kicks off in Vancouver next month; dates run through December. (Caveat: He’ll only tell some of you how much he’s missed

Tuesday saw the release of Elon Musk, author Walter Isaacson’s mammoth new biography of the controversial tech mogul, and hardly a chapter of the nearly 700-page book goes by without a weird anecdote about the Tesla and SpaceX CEO’s eccentric, sometimes self-destructive behavior. We are treated to insights about volatile relationships with family and partners,

Artificial Intelligence has its fans and detractors — with people sounding the alarm on the social implications and other dangers that were evident long before ChatGPT existed while others praise the revolutionary technology for its potential for immortality and more debate in between. While the conversation about the societal costs of AI continue, the environmental

Luis Rubiales, the embattled president of Spain’s soccer federation, has finally resigned after causing an uproar when he kissed forward Jennifer Hermoso on the lips, allegedly without her consent, as the Spanish national women’s team celebrated its World Cup win.  He revealed the news during an interview for Piers Morgan Uncensored on Sunday. He has

Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt — the two Utah YouTubers charged with six counts of child abuse — have reportedly both experienced medical issues since arriving in jail on August 31.  According to People, Franke was moved to a medical observation block on Friday, though details of her condition or why she needed medical care

The name Bryan Johnson may not ring a bell, but odds are you’ve already seen the man shirtless, posing with a vial of his son’s blood. The 46-year-old tech millionaire has made the rounds time and again on social media for going to extreme lengths to curb the effects of aging in a longevity project

The social media app temporarily blocked searches for the Writers Guild of America strike but tells Rolling Stone the mistake has been fixed TikTok has fixed a mistake that temporarily prevented users from searching for videos related to the Writers Guild of America strike — saying the phrase was accidentally flagged by the app’s filters against

Elon Musk sent around a photo of Grimes during her C-section — and didn’t realize why she’d be upset about it. In a new Musk biography by Walter Isaacson, which goes into detail about Musk’s life, his relationships, and his children, Grimes reveals that Musk took a photo of her while she was having a

Two alleged victims of Andrew and Tristan Tate have filed a protective order to keep their identities confidential, citing intense doxxing and harassment from the Tates’ fans, associates, and even the brothers’ legal team, according to a filing obtained by Rolling Stone. The order, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District

Family Business “It was playing out in, like, a silent bubble,” the model said in a new interview As Teen Vogue’s latest cover star, Aoki Lee Simmons detailed her life as a model, Harvard graduate, and daughter in one of the most famous families at the intersection of hip-hop and fashion. In June, she called

When homeowners in suburban Utah called the police on Aug. 30, they were just trying to help a young boy. Police reports from that day detail that a 12-year-old had escaped from a nearby house and asked neighbors for help but appeared to be “emaciated, malnourished,” and had “open wounds,” which prompted the neighbors to