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Media This Man Took On Fox News And Became A Hero To His City by Judd Legum Jul 15, 2015 6:35pm Scott Wiener, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, knew Fox News was lurking. “They’ve been stalking various members of the board of supervisors for the last week. They went to someone’s…
There’s been a steady stream of images and information coming from the set of Suicide Squad, and after footage from Saturday’s Comic-Con presentation leaked, David Ayer just released the preview footage from his film. As you’d expect from a movie by Ayer (Fury, Training Day), it’s gritty and grim — with Jared Leto’s Joker intoning,…
Witnesses have told Mississippi state investigators that an unarmed black man died after being kept in a chokehold by a police officer for more than 20 minutes and denied CPR, according to his family’s attorneys, who said an autopsy confirmed he was fatally strangled. Related: Mississippi police accused of choking unarmed man to death with…
Reddit is a total fucking mess, but the new boss is laying down the law. The site’s CEO Steve Huffman opened a traditional Ask Me Anything session this afternoon with a fairly non-traditional type of announcement. Or at least it’s non-traditional for Reddit because CEO Steve is banning specific types of content. It all makes…
Two years ago, The Washington Post’s site was in rough shape. Years of tacked-on features had made it bloated and sluggish, forcing desktop readers to wait upwards of eight seconds for a page to load. The page was “almost in the E.R. when it came to performance,” said Gregory Franczyk, chief architect at The Washington Post. His one…
Let’s get conferencing.Scott K. Johnson cache hit 4268:single/related:9c92142f52f0b65406824b9cfd80d29c empty “I accept that the planet has warmed,” said conservative columnist Mark Steyn from the podium. “And I rejoice that it is warm.” Steyn was one of many speakers at the libertarian Heartland Institute’s 10th “International Conference on Climate Change,” a major event for climate science contrarians. The two-day conference, held…
San Diego Comic-Con may be over, but Conan O’Brien‘s superhero coverage is still in full swing.Wednesday night’s skit was a list of imaginary international superheroes, which was…kind of hit-and-miss. The idea of a polite Canadian Lex Luthor is basically a harmless joke (although Canada does already have a famous superhero in the form of Wolverine),…
Comic-Con may be over, but the superhero news keeps rolling in. EW has unveiled our first look at some of the characters in the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse and, um, well they’re going with some really interesting looks here. OK, let’s break this down character by character. Oscar Isaac as Apocalypse What, just what? Who is that giant…
(Credit: Elise Amendola/Associated Press) WASHINGTON — In 15 days, the federal fund that pays for the nation’s highways, roads and bridges will run out of money. Lawmakers need to find $100 billion if they want to meet infrastructure needs for another six years, but Congress will likely delay, again, by passing a short-term fix. The Highway Trust…
28-year-old Sandra Bland was found dead in her jail cell in Waller County, Texas on Monday, and while the police are calling it a suicide, her friends, family, and pretty much everyone else who hears about this aren’t convinced that’s what happened. Bland was arrested last Friday after being pulled over for failing to signal…