When you’re in your local nail salon getting a manicure and a guy walks in for a treatment, do you judge him? Do you give him the side-eye because you don’t want any–eww–males in your serene space? Well, even if you don’t…
Year: 2014
(Stjepan Pavich / Gothamist) [UPDATE BELOW] A 45-year-old man fell to his death onto scaffolding outside of a building near City Hall this morning. Thus far no criminality is suspected by the NYPD, but officials would not confirm that the…
Woman found dead years later in garage (CNN) — For years, the payments went out of the woman’s bank account. Nobody batted an eyelid. Bills were paid. And life went on as normal in the quiet neighborhood of Pontiac, Michigan. Neighbors…
It’s about a sad little boy who didn’t want a school lunch. He wanted his lunch in a brown paper bag just like all the other boys and girls who got that brown paper bag of love from their parents….
After two months of reporting weak job growth, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday that, seasonally adjusted, 162,000 new private jobs were created in February. Government at all levels hired 13,000. The official unemployment rate—which BLS calls U3 and…
Some neighbors in a western Boca Raton neighborhood who have to see a Ku Klux Klan symbol raised each day are raising their voices in protest. One resident has chosen to fly a KKK flag in his front yard, as…
Deaf Jamaican-born lawyer gets White House job THE White House has appointed Jamaican immigrant Claudia Gordon to oversee its efforts on disability issues. Gordon, a deaf lawyer, moves over from the Department of Labour where she dealt with potential discrimination…
Sen. Bernie Sanders, the populist independent from Vermont, told The Nation that he is “prepared to run” for the White House. That doesn’t mean the two-term senator is raising money, building a campaign organization or any of that kind of…
There’s a 99.9% chance a 31-year-old man is Michael Jackson’s illegitimate son … at least that’s the claim after an alleged DNA test turned up a match. According to the test results — obtained by Alki David and his company,…
Lol… This is too funny. Mitch McConnell just proved that the only way to reach a conservative is not through policies, apparently a policy discussion is too advance for this group. Walk on the CPAC stage with a rifle in…
I knew there was a reason Republicans love the Russian dictator president so much. With Vladimir Putin back in the news so prominently, now may be a good time to look back at a photo that got some attention in…
A United States Senator, along with all the members of his party and the millions of Americans they represent, got his most basic freedom of speech taken away yesterday in a hearing of the House Oversight Committee , chaired by…