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A series of secret dinner parties, some reportedly attended by government officials, have recently been held in Paris, sparking outrage among French citizens who are being asked to adhere to nationwide lockdown guidelines. 

The New York Times, reporting on the phenomenon in an April 6 article, described the discovery of the dinners—with at least one featuring a menu of “champagne, foie gras, and a potato soup glazed with truffles”—through hidden camera footage. Читать дальше...

The 1970s was full of shows and movies featuring heroic drifters. Chief among them was Kung Fu, starring the legendary David Carradine. Like Walker, Texas Ranger before it, Kung Fu will be getting a modern day remake on the CW.

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Hubert Davis was recently announced as the head men's basketball coach for the University of North Carolina, a traditional, "blue blood" basketball powerhouse. In replacing a legend in Roy Williams, he's the first Black head coach in the program's vaunted hoops history.

However, during the introductory press conference, while answering a question related to the importance of Black men in NCAA head coaching capacities, the former Tarheel told the gallery that he was "proud that his wife was white."

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Anyone who currently knows any teachers, or who may even be a teacher themselves, are likely aware of the trials and tribulations of remote learning. Adults aren't the only ones experiencing Zoom fatigue, and it can be difficult enough as it is to get kids to stay focused outside of a pandemic. But the very thought of punishing struggling students may seem absurd, which is why one mom was flabbergasted to learn that her child had received "Zoom detention" for not paying attention in class.

Amy Poehler became a Twitter trending topic on Wednesday, but not for any of her recent projects. It's because she apparently looks like a Miami woman who was arrested for "squirting vaginal fluids at police officers in self-defense."

CrimeDoor, an app that recreates famous crime scenes with the aid of augmented reality (AR), wants its users to experience George Floyd's final moments.

Amazon's new stores are blowing up the internet as people are determined to steal from the employee-less shops.

An anti-vax Tea Party member in Florida wearing 18th-century American colonist clothing told a woman who received the coronavirus vaccine that she "injected murder babies" into her arm.

A 13-year-old watching a 12-year-old’s live stream on TikTok saved his life recently when video footage took a deadly turn.

There are some chores I actually find oddly relaxing. Spraying an oven with chemicals and then wiping away the grime from past meals is the closest to zen I’ll ever get. Watering plants and watching them grow satisfies any of the biological urges to ever have kids. Then there are the chores that make me wish an anvil fell on my head, rendering me lifeless. Mopping is hell, a hell I’ll never truly escape from. The O-Cedar EasyWring Microfiber Spin Mop may be a user-friendly escape from this purgatoric drudgery. Читать дальше...

Since allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced against Vinny Vinesauce over the weekend, the popular Twitch streamer has been fighting back hard—and he has tons of support behind him. 

A San Francisco bar’s Yelp page was review-bombed—and subsequently temporarily disabled—after it was accused of anti-Asian racism against a teen in a now-viral TikTok video.