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If you think the Covid-19 pandemic was the first time the far right took strange health advice proffered by wellness devotees, think again. Bodily sovereignty and purity tests have long been part of fascist and white nationalist playbooks. Bipartisanship has a way of dissolving when it comes to the body — especially, as it now

The world’s first all-electric passenger airplane looks like it could be at home in the sea. Instead of a traditional metal tube, its fuselage resembles an orca — with a sharp nose and a wide body that tapers dramatically to a T-shaped fin at the rear. Its wings are long, knifelike. The plane’s twin propellers,

​​In May 2017, a friend sent Jade Alectra, a 34-year-old California-based yoga teacher and Instagram influencer with about 75,000 followers, a video featuring a spiritual guru she’d never heard of before. The man was small, blond, and sprightly, almost elfin in appearance; he spoke with a gentle Dutch accent, offering promises of self-actualization and reaching

Over the weekend, a bunch of right-wing protesters tried their hardest to stick it to Disney and disrupt the giant corporation’s massive theme park business by hanging outside one of several entrances to Disney World. The protest, which featured anywhere from “several” to “dozens” of people, per local news reports, took place this past Saturday,

In a video from one of his now-deleted Facebook accounts, Frank R. James — the suspect in the Brooklyn subway shooting, who was taken into custody April 13 — called the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting a “cautionary tale” and admitted, “I’ve had those thoughts and feelings.” Rolling Stone reviewed the video, which was uploaded

Traditionally, Easter Sunday in the Black church is exuberant. From the Saturday following Good Friday to the day itself, Black hair salons are booked and buzzing as the smell of hair oils and smoke from hot iron combs permeates the air. Black children, tired from Easter egg festivities and or rehearsals for the church play,

Accused subway shooter Frank Robert James made his first court appearance Thursday in Brooklyn federal court. He did not enter a plea and the judge determined he’d be held without bail. James was arrested Wednesday afternoon after an attack during the Tuesday morning commute on a Subway train in Brooklyn that left 16 people injured,

A small beachside town nestled away on the Eastern coast of Florida, Melbourne is home to an astounding number of multi-billion dollar companies. L3Harris, the town’s largest employer, is a military and defense contractor, bringing in over $18 billion of revenue annually. While a surfing town hosting one of the largest defense contractors in the

It’s almost 4/20, which is more than enough reason to sit back, light up and celebrate. Thanks to more widespread marijuana usage and legalization in 18 states, the official pot-smoking holiday has grown from a small event on society’s fringes to a nationally-recognized event. Though its origins have been (incorrectly) linked to rock star death anniversaries, the

Throughout history, there have been many heterosexuals who have sullied the good name of penis-in-vagina intercourse. There’s Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen, Tom Cruise and basically anyone he’s dated at any given time. Yet no heterosexual couple has arguably done so much harm in concert — or more importantly, made us

An Arizona man was arrested and charged with animal cruelty after a menagerie of pets — including snakes, lizards, birds, dogs, and rabbits — were found in his freezer. Michael Patrick Turland faces 94 counts of animal cruelty after Mohave County deputies uncovered his frozen collection of dead animals, including some that — Turland allegedly

Two conflicting narratives have emerged following the April 3 stabbing death of Christian “Toby” Obumseli in the luxury Miami apartment he shared with his girlfriend, OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney. While Clenney’s lawyer said she was a “victim of domestic violence” and acted in self-defense, Obumseli’s family and friends have publicly denied this. Some friends of

Cuba Gooding Jr. pleaded guilty on Wednesday to one count of forcible touching after three different women accused the Oscar-winning actor of groping them at Manhattan venues in 2018 and 2019, Associated Press reports. The guilty plea came after he was arrested after turning himself in June 2019. The protracted criminal case was held up

Avril Lavigne has been enjoying something of a revival recently thanks to the general pop-punk resurgence happening in music right now. She appeared on Willow’s latest album Lately I Feel Everything and reigning pop princess Olivia Rodrigo paid her respects with a cover of “Complicated” on her Sour tour. Lavigne herself is now signed to

Racist. Anti-Semitic. Unhinged. The person of interest in Tuesday’s shooting on the New York City subway was a prolific user of social media, regularly uploading lengthy, often racist diatribes to both YouTube and Facebook in which he addressed a range of topics from the state of race relations in the United States to the policies

Police error may have allowed the suspect in this morning’s Brooklyn subway shooting to get away, while a source with knowledge of the matter tells Rolling Stone that the NYPD is now investigating the attack as a potential “act of terrorism.” A New York City Police Department spokesperson tells Rolling Stone there are “multiple people injured,”

Coachella is one of the biggest music events of the year, and Rolling Stone is back again to make its mark on the storied festival. In partnership with Meta, Rolling Stone Live is bringing the ultimate concert, lounge, and pool party experience, complete with unparalleled access to marquee performers and must-see up-and-comers. From specialty cocktails

Leniz Escobar — a Long Island woman who earned the nickname “La Diablita” after luring several young men into a deadly MS-13 ambush — was convicted on all charges against her on Monday, April 11. Escobar was charged with multiple counts of racketeering tied to predicate acts of murder, conspiracy to murder rival gang members,

A Texas district attorney said he will not prosecute a 26-year-old woman arrested in the state for an alleged “self-induced abortion.” Starr County District Attorney Gocha Allen Ramirez said in a statement Sunday that he filed a motion to dismiss a murder charge against Lizette Herrera. Herrera was arrested last week, and her bond was

Media coverage of TikTok often centers on parents being absolutely scared shitless of what their kids are doing on the app — from the Devious Licks trend, in which parents were warned that their children were destroying school property en masse, to National Shoot Up Your School Day, a baseless hoax that postulated TikTokers were