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O n the morning of Dec. 9, 2022, a young woman named Zoë awoke and found herself to be in avenger mode. Strictly speaking, a disguise may not have been necessary for the doling out of justice Zoë had planned for that day. But it had been a year and a half since she had

The Memphis Police Department announced on Monday it has suspended a sixth officer in connection with the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, The New York Times reports. According to a department spokesman, Preston Hemphill was placed on administrative leave at the same time five other officers were suspended (the five were later fired). It’s unclear

GAMING LEVELS UP The songs, collaborations, and fully playable characters that cemented the marriage between music and gaming The era of modern gaming began over 50 years ago — and in the time since Pong (1972), video games have gone from minimalistic engineering oddities to multi-billion dollar franchises that make Hollywood blockbusters seem humble in comparison.

Move over leading men. One of the biggest mediums in TikTok’s book community has a different romantic north star, doubling down on the tall, handsome, and extremely dark. Introducing: the Monster-Fuckers. There are dozens of online fandoms dedicated to romance and erotica. But on BookTok, authors who write romance books about monsters, aliens, or half-human,

When news broke on Saturday that the Memphis Police Department’s Scorpion Unit was disbanded, Amber Sherman, a community organizer in the city who has helped lead the demonstrations for Tyre Nichols, seemed unimpressed: “Yep. Now they need to answer all the demands.”  The five police officers who fatally beat Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop

Protests were underway around the nation on Friday night following the release of harrowing footage showing Memphis officers beating, tasing and pepper-spraying Tyre Nichols — brutality that led to the 29-year-old’s death three days later. Five officers were fired and have since been charged with second-degree murder in the case. In Memphis, protesters blocked the

When Tyre Nichols’ mother remembered her son, she remembered a man who “loved sunsets” and had a passion for photography and skateboarding. She spoke during a press conference on Friday ahead of the video footage released later that afternoon showing Memphis Police fatally beating Nichols following a traffic stop on Jan. 7. Nichols, who was

A state of emergency has been declared in Georgia due to civil unrest in Atlanta following the police killing of an environmental activist. Gov. Brian Kemp issued the declaration Thursday, which calls for the arrival of 1,000 members of the Georgia National Guard to “subdue riot and unlawful assembly” through Feb. 9, after activists threw rocks

‘Operation Nightingale’ Thousands of bogus diplomas worth over $100 million total were distributed, federal prosecutors said Thursday Three nursing schools in Florida are under fire for selling more than 7,600 fake diplomas, federal prosecutors claimed Thursday. The wire fraud scheme allowed people who purchased the fake degrees and transcripts to sit for the national nursing

A Florida woman named Peaches Stergo was arrested Wednesday for allegedly defrauding an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor out of his life savings as part of a years-long romance scam, but it seems the $2.8 million payday was not her first rodeo. Around 2012, according to social media profiles located by Rolling Stone, it appears she tried

After two days of jury selection, counsel presented opening statements in the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh. The disbarred South Carolina attorney is accused of murdering his wife and son in June 2021. Murdaugh, fallen scion of a legal dynasty in the state’s lowcountry region, has pleaded not guilty to the double homicide charge. If

Last year had memorable internet food scandals. There was alarm at Bon Appétit‘s Brad Leone allegedly putting viewers at risk of botulism with the way he cooked on his YouTube series It’s Alive. People blamed severe illnesses and emergency surgeries on the meal kit brand Daily Harvest‘s lentil and leek crumbles. And then there was TikTok‘s “Pink

Twitter and YouTube took down a BBC documentary critical of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role in a genocidal 2002 massacre in the Indian state of Gujarat, The Intercept reports. The censorship was in coordination with the government of India, as officials called for the social media platforms to take action against what they considered

GAMING LEVELS UP From reinvigorated classics to brand new IP, and a little Zelda in between, these are the games we’re most psyched to see in 2023. LAST YEAR SAW A SLEW of massive games, from blockbuster sequels like God of War: Ragnarök and Horizon: Forbidden West, to delightful indies like Tunic and Stray, and

A tight-knit Asian community’s Lunar New Year ended in tragedy Saturday when a mass shooter armed with a 9mm semiautomatic assault weapon stalked into a Southern California dance studio, opened fire, and callously claimed the lives of 11 people celebrating the holiday. Among the dead were beloved aunt My Nhan, 65, Lilan Li, 63, Xiujuan

Listen, plain M&Ms are, objectively, among the worst candies on the market. They are dry. They are tasteless. With their candy coating removed, they look like something that came out of your third grade classroom rabbit’s ass. And yet, somehow, improbably, the candy you dreaded seeing in your bag on Halloween has become a major

At least 10 people were killed and a dozen more injured in a mass shooting Saturday night at a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, a predominantly Asian community that was celebrating the Lunar New Year. Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna confirmed on Sunday night that the man they found dead in a white

To non-gamers, the most famous person on Mythic Quest, Rob McElhenney’s workplace comedy set at a gaming company, is probably its creator and star. Or maybe it’s F. Murray Abraham, the legendary character actor who plays the game’s head writer. But to gamers, it’s Ashly Burch. While her role as Rachel on the sitcom, where

Remaining resources will be diverted to legal fund Time’s Up — the anti-harassment organization that formed five years ago in the midst of the #MeToo movement — is ceasing operations at the end of January, the Associated Press reports. The organization has been under scrutiny since a New York Attorney General’s report found in late

The Memphis Police Department announced Friday that five MPD officers involved in the arrest of Tyre Nichols have been fired. The news follows a civil rights investigation by the Justice Department and the FBI after Nichols died after a confrontation with Memphis police during a Jan. 7 traffic stop. Shortly after being arrested, Tyre Nichols,