Новости за 19.12.2018

A federal judge has struck down most of former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s policy blocking victims of domestic and gang-related violence from seeking asylum. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered that the government stop enforcing the policy, and ordered the return of plaintiffs who had been…

Every year, having decorated my Christmas tree, I stand back and say: “You know, it could use more lights.” No matter how many lights are on there, I figure a few more would be better. If you celebrate Christmas, you almost certainly have some similarly small and seemingly inconsequential but very firmly held …

No one seems to dispute that Shelly Miscavige, wife of David Miscavige, Scientology’s Chairman of the Board, has not been seen in public since 2007. And no one has more persistently, vocally wondered where she is than Leah Remini, ex-Scientologist turned host of an A&E show, Aftermath, that vigorously criticizes the…

There is no shortage of things to read about our current political moment, but way too much of it is stenography for people in power that is nakedly transactional or stenography for people in power that mistakes itself as deep. There was endless garbage published in 2018, but these things were very good.

It might be too late to take advantage of 30% off men’s and women’s sweaters at Urban Outfitters as a Christmas gift (unless you place an order of $100 or more by the 21st and qualify for the free rush shipping). But luckily for no one, it’s still going to be cold on December 26th! And you, or someone you know, will…

Dedicated fans of Japanese reality show Terrace House don’t even need to verbalize how good the fashion is on the panel hosts, from the avant-garde sweaters and quirky mix-and-match looks of comedians Ryota Yamasato and Azusa Babazono to the cut-off rock tees of den mother and former pop music icon You. But Netflix…

Long ago, I decided that as long as Apple could keep convincing me to shell out hundreds if not thousands of dollars on new iPhones every few years, I would keep said iPhones in pristine, untarnished condition. So far, so good. I’ve never shattered a screen, or even gotten a scratch on any of my precious mobile…

“Just don’t race,” my boss told me at 12:43 a.m. his time, which was the middle of the afternoon for me. “I can think of more reasons not to do it. I just don’t think this is worth it for a story.”

The gods of music keep blessing us with more music than we can handle—visual albums, three-song EPs, music-video trailers—not to mention, more than enough platforms to enjoy this endless stream. There’s a lot of fucking music! Which means there’s a lot of bad music. Here are the records, aside from every Zayn song…

Online backlash prompted Forever 21 to pull a listing from its website that featured a white model wearing a “Wakanda Forever” sweater, a reference to the fictional African nation from the movie Black Panther. But maybe this—I don’t know, I’m spitballing here—isn’t actually a huge deal at all.

David Lee Roth has jumped into skincare.

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This article is co-published with Documented, a New York City-based news organization that covers immigration issues in the City.

Articles about sexual assault allegations against two musicians— Victor Vazquez, also known as Kool A.D., of defunct hip-hop group Das Racist and Jesus David Torres, also known as Dahvie Vanity of the scene band Blood on the Dancefloor—were published Tuesday at Pitchfork and the Huffington Post respectively. While the…

Fox News contributor Tammy Bruce was on Tucker Carlson’s show on Tuesday to talk about her “tipping point.” The point at which she tipped—when nothing was the same and would never be the same again is, yes, you guessed correctly —being made to call the gingerbread men in her life gingerbread people, “when, obviously,…

Earlier this year, the Trump administration announced it would begin fingerprinting family members who came forward to sponsor children being held in government custody after crossing the border, as well as fingerprint all adults in the sponsor’s household. That move raised fears that fewer people would be willing to…

About three minutes into her performance of her new single “Imagine,” on Tuesday’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Ariana Grande unleashed. And what came out sounded something like the whistle notes that Minnie Ripperton used to adorn her 1975 hit “Lovin’ You,” and, of course, those that close out…

Wait, what is this warm, nice feeling in my heart? Some good news? My friends, yes: Abortion will be free and legal in Ireland starting in the new year, once the president signs off on the new legislation. Earlier this month, both the lower and upper houses of the Irish legislature voted to pass the law allowing a…

I’ll wager I’m among the few—perhaps the only—person who counts a cheaply published piece of erotica titled Full Bodied Charmer as a cherished book.

Karen Pence, the Pence family bee keeper, is showing off the official vice president residence and its T.J. Maxx-inspired holiday decorations. (No offense to T.J. Maxx, a truly great store.)

For reasons that are beyond me (it’s always money), Disney and Guy Ritchie are making a live-action Aladdin movie starring Mena Massoud in the titular role, Naomi Scott as Jasmine (she was the pink Power Ranger in 2017's Power Rangers movie) and... Will Smith as the Genie. Entertainment Weekly has the exclusive first…

I can’t imagine a single clothes-wearing human that wouldn’t be both impressed and delighted to received a gift from everyone’s favorite modern essential brand, Everlane. If you were planning to gift someone (or yourself, no judgement) apparel, bags, shoes, anything at all from the store, place your order ASAP;…

Holiday times are hard and stressful and traveling anywhere is a nightmare, so I guess maybe that explains why Nyle DiMarco, the winner of America’s Next Top Model Cycle 22, was offered a wheelchair at the airport... for being deaf?

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According to the National Survey of Family Growth conducted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics, nearly two-thirds of American women use contraception. In lay terms: A lot of people don’t wanna get pregnant.

A West Virginia school official has been temporarily suspended after allegedly cornering a transgender student in the bathroom and demanding him to “come out here and use the urinal.”