TikTok has been quietly testing a paid micro-drama app that costs $20 a week
TikTok is testing a paid micro-drama app called LimeShorts. LimeShorts/Nicolas TUCAT / AFP via Getty Images.TikTok is testing a paid...
‘More egg on the faces of prosecutors’: Expert blasts Trump DOJ’s new prosecution threat
A legal expert told CNN on Thursday that President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers’ attempts to prosecute former special counsel...
ICE Targets ‘Detention Desert’ With New Facility in North Carolina
For weeks, residents near the long-dormant Rivers Correctional Institution in Winton, N.C., have noticed trucks inside the prison’s gates, people...
New York Faces Half a Trillion in Storm Prevention Costs, Report Finds
Three years ago, a deluge overwhelmed Highland Falls, N.Y. A murky river rushed through Main Street, and one woman was...
Despite tax credits, filming in L.A. is still sluggish
Tax incentives for film and television productions have not been enough to counter a still-sluggish environment for filming in the...
Meta’s New Feel-Good AI Ad Uses a Song About the World Ending
On Thursday morning, Meta published an ad to its official Instagram account with the message that artificial intelligence will not...
Nothing screams 2026 like Elon Musk thanking chipmakers on an earnings call
tktk Hannibal Hanschke-Pool/Getty ImagesElon Musk thanked Samsung, TSMC, and Micron on Wednesday's earnings call.It was a particularly 2026-like moment —...
YG Detained by Police Over Murder Investigation of Rapper Killed at Snoop Dogg Concert
Compton rapper YG was detained by California police over a murder investigation. On July 23, 2026, TMZ reported that authorities...
Todd Blanche implicated during testimony from a member of Epstein’s inner circle
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was implicated in a cover-up, lawmakers concluded on Thursday as a member of Jeffrey Epstein’s...
10 of the Funniest Rappers in Hip-Hop History
Hip-hop doesn’t have to be totally self-serious. Oftentimes, rap fans’ choices for the greatest rappers of all time are based...
