PHILADELPHIA — Tonight in front of thousands of people, Hillary Clinton came out [BEAMING? TK]. And as she made her way to the podium, on what is perhaps the biggest night of her career thus far, Hillary Clinton [TYPE OF FALL TK] right on the DNC stage.
One of the central claims made by supporters of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union was that £350 million per week that the nation was sending to the EU would instead be put toward the National Health Service. On Good Morning Britain today, UK Independence Party Leader Nigel Farage said that claim is…
Here’s something they don’t tell you in journalism school: The best way to get a story tip is also the easiest—someone accidentally emails you something that was meant for someone else.
For the most part, Angelenos seem to be greeting the extension of the Expo Line, which takes passengers from downtown Los Angeles to the beach at Santa Monica, with appreciation and praise. This afternoon, one dissenting view—which, in fact, announced itself to be an “unpopular opinion”—was available to read on…
Mike Webb is running for U.S. Congress in Virginia’s 8th district, and he would really appreciate your vote. He would also appreciate, judging from a screenshot uploaded to his Facebook page earlier today, a little alone time with the pages “IVONE SEXY AMATEUR” and “LAYLA RIVERA TIGHT BOOTY.”*
Devoted NPR listeners on the West Coast may have noticed a sudden minute-long drop-off of audio during this morning’s broadcast of Morning Edition. The reason: Today is Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day, and some rascal was messing around with the control board.
Earlier this month, the Guardian reports, a 300-foot yacht, owned by billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, tore up about 14,000 square feet of coral reef in the Cayman Islands—about 80 percent of a protected area in the West Bay replenishment zone.
A Queens woman, who emergency medical workers declared dead after she shot herself in her home, was rushed to the hospital on Thursday, PIX 11 News reports, when police realized that she was still alive almost an hour later.
Your best friend Taylor Swift is going to China. At least, a line of officially licensed Tayla merchandise bearing her initials and birth year will be available in the country soon. Do you think the Chinese people will buy it?
Embedded above is a seven-and-a-half-minute video of Seattle police trying to wrestle a writhing, shirtless, hammer-wielding man who got stuck upside down in a basketball hoop this past weekend.
A man faces multiple charges after attempting to eat his DWI breathalyzer test results (DWI breathalyzer test results? what DWI breathalyzer test results?) after being arrested in Tarrytown, New York.
The social media manager in charge of @USATodayCollege, from USA Today's college vertical, appears to have gotten his or her wires crossed with their personal account. A tipster pointed out to us that the account's most recent fav is a tweet by self-proclaimed "Big ass British MILF & adult web model" Daniella…
Clemente, a gravedigger in Guardamar del Segura, was making room in a grave for the body of woman to buried alongside her husband, when he apparently agreed—at the behest of the woman's niece—to pose for a photo with the 23-year-old corpse and his alleged nephew by marriage. Haha?
Kanye West allegedly pulled a real Joe Biden at a performance in Melbourne last night when he threatened to stop a performance if a wheelchair-bound fan—whoops!—didn't stand up.
Today, Kanye West's tour DJ Million Dollar Mano announced that he no longer works for the Chicago rapper. It's not yet known why the two split, but this hilarious video of Mano pissing West off by fucking up on his Yeezus Tour suggests that it miiiiiight not have been a mutual decision.
In order to avoid going to the dentist, a 12-year-old boy (a 12-year-old dentist avoiding hero) in France ran away and, when found, created a detailed kidnapping story. Police looked for his kidnapper for an entire month.
There is a reality show on National Geographic called Snake Salvation, which follows Pentecostal preachers who believe God has instructed them to "take up serpents." Yesterday, one of those preachers, Jamie Coots of Kentucky, was bitten by a snake and died.
Last night the ceiling at Concord Music Hall in Chicago collapsed during a performance by Datsik, a dubstep DJ. Above you can see a panel of the ceiling completely give way, dumping debris on patrons like a Nickelodeon prank.
There's more bad news for California: Water deliveries from state and federal reservoirs to the Central Valley—where much of the nation's food is grown—have been cut to zero. The reservoirs are going dry and there's no water to deliver.
The red carpet at tonight's Golden Globes is going to be extra hilarious. For us, that is, because we won't be trudging over the disgusting sewage-soaked rug soaked you see above. Somewhere an Academy Awards producer is shriveling his nose.
