Authorities in Texas made a gruesome discovery Monday when the bodies of more than 40 migrants were found in an abandoned truck trailer in a remote area of San Antonio. Forty-six people were found dead at the scene, while five more died after being taken to nearby hospitals, according to …
Read More »Uvalde Survivor, 11, Says She Covered Herself in Classmate's Blood and Played Dead During Shooting
An 11-year-old survivor of themass shooting at Robb Elementaryin Uvalde, Texas, described the moment the gunman shot her teacher and how she pretended to be dead in an interview withCNN. Miah Cerrillo said her teachers found out there was an active shooter in the school while the class was watching …
Read More »Influencers Are Posting Potentially Dangerous Baby Formula Recipes, Despite Safety Warnings
As the baby formula shortage continues, increasingly desperate parents are searching for answers about what to do when they can’t find the formula they need. One trend that has medical professionals and regulatory agencies concerned is people making their own formula. The Food and Drug Administration and the American Academy …
Read More »Russia's Invasion Will Keep Killing Ukrainians for Decades After the War Ends
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is poisoning the country’s land, air, water, and climate in a way that will have longstanding repercussions, according to the Ukrainian government and organizations on the ground. Ukraine’s Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources has recorded at least 1,200 environmental disasters in the two-plus months …
Read More »Dave Chappelle Tackled Onstage During Hollywood Bowl Performance
Dave Chappelle was attacked Tuesday night in Los Angeles by a man who rushed the stage and tackled the comedian during an event at the Hollywood Bowl. According to NBC News, authorities identified the suspect as Isaiah Lee, 23. A Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson said Lee — who faces …
Read More »Rolling Stone Racks Up Six L.A. Press Club Nominations
The Los Angeles Press Club has shared the full list of nominees for the 14th Annual National Arts & Entertainment Awards celebrating works of reporting and criticism in the arts and entertainment industries. Among its six nominations, Rolling Stone received an ensemble nomination in the Music Feature category for its …
Read More »'A Menace to Public Health': Doctors Demand Spotify Puts an End to Covid Lies on 'Joe Rogan Experience'
As an infectious disease epidemiologist and research fellow at Boston’s Children’s Hospital who debunks health misinformation on Instagram —where she has more than 380,000 followers — Jessica Malaty Rivera regularly receives tips from her followers about viral content to debunk. A few weeks ago, her followers started sending her a …
Read More »TikTok's School Shooting Hoax Shows How Misinformation on the App Is Out of Control
Every day seems like it brings a new moral panic or hoax on TikTok. Earlier this year, it was “National Rape Day,” a “challenge” that supposedly originated among misogynists on TikTok but was later found to be totally baseless; last year, it was the Wayfair sex trafficking conspiracy theory, which …
Read More »Former James Franco Acting Student Not Buying His Apologies
James Franco admitted to sleeping with some of the students he taught in acting classes and addressed the sexual misconduct allegations leveled against him almost four years ago for the first time in a new interview on The Jess Cagle Show. “There were people that were upset with me and …
Read More »Sugar Babies Are Taking to TikTok to Skewer Their Daddies
TikTok is not exactly the most sex-positive app. The platform tends to censor terms like “sex” and “stripping” (leading content creators to come up with clever workarounds in their captions, such as “seggs” and “skripping”), and sex workers often complain about being booted from the app for no good reason. …
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