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Over the past two decades, Malcolm Gladwell has been one of the most influential and popular public intellectuals in America. The New Yorker writer’s five books, starting with The Tipping Point, have sold millions and millions of copies. His theories — 10,000 hours of practice to achieve mastery in a …

Actor John C. Reilly broke out of his comfort zone on SiriusXM’sSway In the Morning Wednesday, delivering his freshest party raps during a freestyle on the show. Freestyles are a time-honored tradition on Sway In the Morning, and Reilly – who has an impressive musical background – gamely jumped on …

Michael Moore issued a statement Friday after a photo of his face with a crosshairs superimposed over it was seen on the van allegedly owned by the man arrested in connection to a wave of mail bombs. “The accused bomber plastered a picture of me on the side of his …

Fitbit data hasled to the arrest of a 90-year-old California man for the murder of his stepdaughter. Anthony Aiello told police that he last saw Karen Navarra five days before her body was discovered by a coworker last month, and that he had been at her house for a brief …

The Los Angeles Police Department believes they’ve finally caught the people responsible for a string of burglaries of celebrity homes over the last year — and like that other famous Hollywood “bling ring,” most of the suspects are teenagers. At a news conferences on Tuesday, October 2nd, Capt. Lillian Carranza …

Ever since Democrat Phil Murphy was elected to fill Chris Christie’s seat as Governor of New Jersey, it’s seemed like pot legalization in the Garden State is inevitable. During his inauguration speech in January, Murphy declared that a “stronger and fairer New Jersey … includes a process to legalize marijuana.” …

Three people were killed and nine injured when a shooter opened fire at a Jacksonville, Florida video game tournament Sunday. Audio from the shooting, which occurred during a sanctioned tournament for the Madden ’19 video game, was captured live over the streaming site Twitch. “Mass shooting at the Jacksonville Landing. …

Reggae’s justice-driven Rastafari icons like Bob Marley would have us Americans thinking Jamaica’s cannabis policy would reflect their cannabis-friendly culture. In fact, it’s taken decades for the Caribbean island’s government to finally legalize even just medical marijuana, to honor Rastafarians’ sacramental use of ganja, to support a nascent cannabis industry …

On Monday afternoon in Amalia, New Mexico, up a rocky stretch of dirt road, the land is quiet, the only noise coming from cicadas and news crews walking on clay to the entrance of an abandoned compound. The property is littered with debris from the people who once lived here …

Rose McGowan penned an open letter on behalf of Asia Argento following the death of Argento’s boyfriend Anthony Bourdain, who died by suicide on June 8th. As McGowan writes, Argento has unfairly faced blame in the aftermath of Bourdain’s death. “I know so many around the world thought of Anthony …