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Pet owners canceling plans to stay home with their pups on July 4th as runaway cases surge
While the nation prepares to celebrate its semiquincentennial this July 4th, some Americans are choosing to hunker down with their pups rather than party on in the name of patriotism. According to Life360’s Runaway Report, over half of pet parents are opting to spend the 4th of July at home to quell their dog’s firework…
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Madonna gets vulnerable about turbulent relationship with daughter Lourdes Leon in new song ‘The Test’
Madonna and daughter Lourdes “Lola” Leon sing about how living in the spotlight affected their turbulent relationship on the pop star’s new song, “The Test.” “Little star / I tried to put you on a pedestal / You didn’t ask for all the flashing lights / I didn’t think of how it could disturb,” Madonna sings…
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Washington Is Turning Into a Fortress For the Fourth
This year’s Fourth of July fireworks show on the National Mall is the first such event to be designated a “National Special Security Event,” which requires the kind of screening procedures and police presence usually reserved for presidential inaugurations and Super Bowls. It’s a reflection of the logistical complexity and anticipated crowd size of America’s…
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He wanted L.A. I wanted New York. A panic attack changed everything
Unpacking my third suitcase in our new West Hollywood home, a sharp pain shot through my chest. I felt dizzy and short of breath before sprawling out on our mattress, which was still covered in plastic. “What’s wrong?” David asked. An hour later, on a gurney in the emergency room at Cedars-Sinai, I waited to…
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The New Roe v. Wade
In 1898, the same Supreme Court that upheld Jim Crow segregation as constitutional also upheld the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship, by a 6–2 vote. This was a profoundly racist Court in a profoundly racist era—around the peak of the lynching epidemic—that nonetheless could find no way around the plain text of the Constitution,…
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Don Was produced the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Ozzy. At 73, he found his voice in Detroit — and the Dead
The bass legend and superproducer Don Was didn’t expect to be covering Curtis Mayfield’s Civil Rights-era anthem “This Is My Country” on the road in 2026. But lately, the chaos in the United States made the song seem regrettably apropos. “It wasn’t supposed to still feel potent. It was supposed to be something that served…
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Postal worker mom kidnapped and murdered on route was convicted drug dealer: records
The postal worker mom who was kidnapped and murdered on her mail route was a convicted drug dealer — as was her husband, who died just months before her, according to court records Brandi Reynolds, 35, bragged online about her seemingly idyllic family life with her husband, Brent Reynolds, and their two daughters, making the…
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Biohackers Attempted Neurosurgery to Control a Lobster’s Nervous System and Give the Controls to OpenClaw, and How It Ended Will Tell You a Lot About the Ethics and Competence of AI Bros These Days
David Foster Wallace once asked readers to “consider the lobster,” in his famous essay about the ethics of boiling the creatures alive. But new tech brings new horrors, and perhaps Wallace, if he were alive today, would instead be writing about biohacking lobster brains so they can be taken over by an AI agent. Because…
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California is bringing back EV rebates. This is how to get one
Nearly a year after the expiration of a $7,500 federal tax incentive for new electric vehicles, California is stepping in to try to motivate buyers to go electric. Gov. Gavin Newsom allocated $135 million in his new state budget to provide incentives for new and used EVs. Participating automakers will match the funds. California leads…
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Breaking Down Every Movie Reference in Minions & Monsters
—Courtesy of Illumination and Universal Pictures Something you’d expect from Minions & Monsters, the latest film featuring everyone’s favorite yellow creatures: it’s funny and pitch-perfect family entertainment. Something you might not expect: it’s an ode to Classic Hollywood. The latest movie from Illumination Studios and the Despicable Me franchise takes place in 1927, and follows…