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Bill Russell — Boston Celtics legend, one of the greatest NBA players ever, and a champion of civil rights and social justice — has died at the age of 88. Russell’s family the basketball great’s death Sunday on social media, saying he “passed away peacefully” with his wife Jeannine by …

Elon Musk copped to going through a dry spell while rebuffing a Wall Street Journal report that his friendship with Google co-founder Sergey Brin had collapsed after he had a “brief affair” with Brin’s estranged wife, Nicole Shanahan. According to the Journal, Musk and Shanahan’s affair occurred late last year …

Selena Gomez called on politicians to “stop giving lip service” to gun control and “actually change the laws” following the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas Tuesday, May 24. Gomez, who was born and raised in Grand Prairie, Texas (outside Dallas), wrote on Twitter Tuesday night, “Today in my home state …

Dave Chappelle is not happy that Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón declined to file felony charges against the man who tackled him to the ground onstage during the Netflix Is A Joke festival earlier this week — and he wants the county’s top prosecutor to claw the case back …

Two of Twitter‘s top executives are receiving harassment and abuse from far-right trolls as a result of having been singled out by new Twitter owner Elon Musk. Vijaya Gadde, Twitter’s legal, policy, and trust leader, has become the subject of invective on Twitter and on the encrypted messaging platform Telegram, …

Covid is on the retreat. According to the World Health Organization, across most of the world, daily rates of new infections and deaths are dropping: Last week, per the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Research Center, there were around 2,700 COVID deaths per day, on average. That’s the lowest average death rate …

If you think the Covid-19 pandemic was the first time the far right took strange health advice proffered by wellness devotees, think again. Bodily sovereignty and purity tests have long been part of fascist and white nationalist playbooks. Bipartisanship has a way of dissolving when it comes to the body …

UPDATE (4/12):A person of interest in the Brooklyn subway shooting on Tuesday morning has been identified, according to the New York City Police Department. NYPD shared photos of a person identified as Frank James, along with a tip line via an online statement early Tuesday evening. “This is Frank James …

Well, that didn’t last long. After 40 whole days of retirement, Tom Brady, announced on Twitter on Sunday that he is returning to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to play his 23rd NFL season. “These past two months I’ve realized my place is still on the field and not in the …

Russia-bred cats are the latest species to experience the impact of their country’s invasion of Ukraine, as the International Cat Federation has banned Russia’s felines from its competitions. The French organization — also known as the Fédération Internationale Féline (FIFe), and the self-proclaimed “United Nations of Cat Federations,” the Washington …