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Last night, Trump sent all reasonable individuals’ heads spinning when he appeared to suggest during his daily COVID-19 press briefings that injecting disinfectant could help eliminate the virus from people’s bodies. “I see the disinfectant where it knocks [the virus] out [from a surface] in a minute, one minute, and …

Broadway has only shut down its theaters a few times in its nearly 200-year history: It went dark for 48 hours following 9/11, a few theaters shut down for 19 days during the stagehand strike of 2003, and for 25 days following a musicians strike that halted 12 productions. Its …

Beyoncé opened the public memorial service for Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna with a powerful performance of “XO” and “Halo.” Flanked by a small choir and backing band, Beyoncé started with the opening lines of “XO,” before pausing the track to address the audience: “I’m here because I love …

Netflix will investigate the meteoric rise and shocking fall of New England Patriots star-turned-murderer Aaron Hernandez with a three-part docuseries that arrives on the streaming service in January. “As a gifted young football athlete from Bristol, Connecticut, Aaron Hernandez had capitalized rapidly on his promise, playing for a top tier …

Back in September, President Donald Trump announced that he planned to roll out a federal ban of most flavored e-cigarette products, in light of rising teen vaping rates and a nationwide epidemic of vaping-related lung injuries. The proposed policy won accolades from many parents and public health advocates; even Senate …

UPDATE (10/18):Stephen King has shared more information about the archive and retreat on Facebook. “We are in the very beginning of planning the writers’ retreat at the house next door, providing housing for up to five writers in residence at a time,” he wrote. “The zoning change getting press coverage …

Nearly two years after five women accused James Franco of sexual misconduct, a pair of women who attended his acting school filed a lawsuit against the actor, alleging he sexually exploited them. According to the New York Times, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal — two former students at Franco’s Studio …

In a landmark first step toward normalization of the cannabis industry, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to pass the SAFE Banking Act, a bill that would provide state-legal marijuana businesses with full access to banks and other financial services, as well as allow consumers to use credit- and …

Prior to his arrest on Wednesday, few outside of the black LGBTQ community had likely heard of Ed Buck, the 65-year-old Democratic political donor and LGBTQ rights advocate who was arrested in West Hollywood and charged with operating a methamphetamine ring. Police arrested Buck after a 37-year-old man overdosed at …

Sandy Hook Promise, the foundation led by the parents of students killed in the 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, have released a PSA today that quickly went viral. The minute-long video mimics “back-to-school” advertisements, and starts off with kids talking to the camera and showing off their new backpacks, …