Stay informed with the latest headlines, breaking stories, and in depth coverage.
1 min(s) read
If there's one thing that the internet loves to indulge in more than anything else, it's conspiracy theories. All you have to do is spend enough time on YouTube, Twitter, or Reddit, and - eventually - you'll stumble across someone who is absolutely convinced that the world is governed by…
2 min(s) read
Maureen Drennan is a photographer who for years has been interested in what it means to live a life removed. Her interest in this theme has seen her study the remote pot farmers in areas like Lake County, CA and investigate the ice-fishing communities that exist in the harsh winter…
3 min(s) read
It is always a tragedy when a young person dies, especially when their death could have been prevented. Victoria Hills, a 20-year-old music and sound production student at Bournemouth University in the UK, passed away on February 4th of this year as a result of an ear infection. The young…
1 min(s) read
For a relationship to work, a couple has to work out exactly what sort of dynamic suits the both of them. This could mean making compromises in their lifestyle choices, in their daily routine, or in whatever plans they might have had for the future. Sometimes, it could even mean…
4 min(s) read
Throughout history, there have been very few successful criminals. Sure, there are probably one or two examples of people who got away with murder, or managed to head up an illegal organization without ever being detected; but for every one criminal mastermind, there are probably a thousand or so idiots…
2 min(s) read
In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. famously gave his "I have a dream" speech during a march on Washington. He was, of course, talking about the injustices faced by black people at the hands of white people, and called for a change in the way America was governed. Now, more…
3 min(s) read
For thousands of years, most of us have taken the roundness of our planet to be a fact of life - much in the same way that we know the Earth orbits the sun, or that pizza is the greatest invention to ever grace mankind. However, not everyone is so…
3 min(s) read
Every day, millions of women around the world deal with sexual harassment. I've experienced it, all my female friends have experienced it, and I'm willing to bet that the majority of women reading this right now have had to deal with at least one instance of verbal or physical sexual…
3 min(s) read
The Kardashians may be many things - rich, famous, successful - but if there's one label they can't use for themselves, it's "natural". Kylie's lips and Kim's booty have obviously been created with the magic of a surgeon's touch (though Kim tried to deny that fact for a very long time),…
1 min(s) read
Can you imagine having that moment where you think to yourself, "Oh cr*p, maybe I'm pregnant?" It must be stressful enough to have an unconfirmed inkling that you might be growing another human being inside you. But then to go to the store to buy a test – that seems…
5 min(s) read
In January 2018, a dazed and confused woman wearing nothing but a hospital gown and socks was left to wander the streets of Baltimore. With wounds on her head and seemingly unable to talk, anyone's first thought when they saw her would be to send her to the hospital. But astonishingly,…
6 min(s) read
There are some crimes which are almost too shocking to contemplate, felonies which almost defy our capacity to understand the motives of their perpetrators. And without a doubt, fetal abduction is one of them. Sadly, it's almost exactly as horrible and inhumane as it sounds: a morbid breed of child abduction,…
1 min(s) read
The March for Our Lives kicked off on Saturday, with hundreds and thousands of marchers descending on Washington DC to protest the inaction of Congress to tighten gun laws in the US. The gun violence protest came about following the devastating shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,…
4 min(s) read
While some of us take longer than others, we all eventually find out that Santa Claus isn't real and that it was really your parents who were putting coins under your pillowcase, not the tooth fairy (sorry, if I've just dropped that on you). The point is that we all…
1 min(s) read
The death count for Friday's supermarket siege in south-east France has risen to four. An attacker hijacked a car – killing one and wounding another – before opening fire on police and then taking hostages inside a supermarket in Trèbes. Around 50 people were inside the Super U supermarket, and two…
3 min(s) read
Job hunting can be rough. Trawling through page after page of job listings, trying to imagine yourself in different roles and wondering if you could convince potential employers (and also yourself) that you'd be right for the job. We spend hours toiling over our CVs, making sure to list all…
2 min(s) read
Kylie Jenner is back in full-swing on Instagram, posting regular updates of swishy new cars, new products from her make-up range and selfies with the rest of the Kardashian-Jenner clan. The 20-year-old had a brief hiatus from the social media platform while pregnant with her newborn Stormi Webster, keeping her 106 million fans…
1 min(s) read
Over the past years, we've gotten to know Chris Evans as Captain America, our favorite goody-two-shoes superhero turned war criminal. But now the actor has been dropping hints he'll be done with the Marvel Cinematic Universe after the next two Avengers films. Will the character die, retire, or switch allegiances,…
2 min(s) read
The American version of The Office ended in 2013, but there's been a phenomenon of people rewatching it over and over and over. Everyone can identify with the office politics and personal relationships. Also, it has the perfect blend of absurdist comedy and emotional drama. (Personally, I was shipping Pam-Creed…
2 min(s) read
Sometimes celebrities make a totally unexpected career change. In the 1980's, Ice Cube was a politically charged gangsta rapper who terrified Middle America. Then he became the grinning star of family friendly movies like Are We There Yet? And who could have predicted Arnold Schwarzenegger's career? He went from an award-winning…
