Four years ago, on December 3, 2014, a grand jury in Staten Island decided not to indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner, a 43-year-old African-American father of five. The city of New York exploded in protest. Garner’s horrific death in July of that year had …
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Some people already talk to Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa like she’s a real person, setting her up for jokes, and having conversations that go way beyond the basic commands like “Alexa, play ‘Hurt’ by Nine Inch Nails.” And that’s how people are treating a disembodied voice. But what if you …
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Over a half-century after its release, the Beatles‘ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band has been named the most popular British album of all time. The Official Charts Company, which has tracked album sales in the U.K. since 1969, proclaimed the Fab Four’s 1967 masterpiece as Britain’s favorite album, using …
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Hurricane Michael, one of the most powerful storms to hit the U.S., devastated the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday. It made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, as a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph. Buildings and homes were reduced to rubble as streets flooded and winds …
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The Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court battlehas turned into one of the most contentious nominations in our nation’s history. President Trump’s nominee has been accused of past sexual assaults and of being dishonest before the Senate. Despite testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on …
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Lil Wayne enlisted the Roots on Tuesday’s Tonight Show for a smooth live version of “Dedicate,” a track from his recently issued – and long-delayed – 12th LP, Tha Carter V. The fanny pack-wearing rapper adopted his signature nasal flow on the track, unleashing a flurry of triplet rhymes over …
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This November 18th marks the 40th anniversary of what is now known as the Jonestown Massacre, when more than 900 Americans — members of a San Francisco-based religious group called the Peoples Temple — died after drinking a cyanide-laced drink at the urging of their leader, the Reverend Jim Jones, …
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New songs by hitmaker Billy Currington, singer-songwriter Jamie Kent, icon Rosanne Cash and more make up this week’s list of must-hear tracks. Billy Currington, “Bring It On Over” Currington goes full-on pop with his newest single, which repositions the singer as a bedroom-bound beau who can’t wait to “dive on …
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Kesha pushes for equal rights for all on her new acoustic ballad “Here Comes the Change.” The song will appear in On the Basis of Sex, the upcoming film about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. There’s nothing subtle about this one: Kesha wonders, “Is it a crazy thought/ That …
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Sam Smith hits the dancefloor and struts a catwalk with Calvin Harris in their “Promises” video, which pays tribute to ball culture and Voguers. The visual opens with a series of dancers describing the sense of freedom found through dance culture. “Growing up in the Bronx you have to carry …
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