It was late into the evening of Valentine’s Day, a detail that would not go unnoticed later on. Dr. Amie Harwick, 38, had just gotten home from attending a burlesque performance, and she was texting with her best friend Robert Coshland about an upcoming trip to the U.K. He sent …
Read More »How 'Freestyle Love Supreme' Brought Beatboxing and Rap to Broadway
Freestyle Love Supreme co-creator Anthony Veneziale has a very specific goal in mind as he steps out on stage each night to perform the improv-driven show. “I’m looking for those ‘oxygen deprivation’ moments — where the audience has a gasp of air,” he says. “The more the audience has those, …
Read More »Why Three Investigators Blame a Rash of Drowning Deaths on a Gang of Killers
When 24-year-old William Hurley called his girlfriend the night of October 8th, 2009, all he wanted was to go home. The Navy veteran, who’d been attending a Boston Bruins home game, asked Claire Mahoney to pick him up early, explaining that he was tired from a long day of work …
Read More »The FBI Declared QAnon a Domestic Terrorism Threat — and Conspiracy Theorists Are Psyched
QAnon believers have had a rough summer. Trump’s July 4th rally, when many believed the late John F. Kennedy Jr. would emerge from hiding to claim his rightful role as Trump’s running mate, came and went. So did July 31st, the projected date of “declas,” or the moment when the …
Read More »High Pride: Pot Industry Embraces LGBTQ Culture, Everyone Wins
With marijuana fully legal in a growing number of states, and CBD products effectively becoming legal across the country, dozens of cannabis companies are getting in on LGBTQ Pride. At first glance, it may seem that cannabis companies are following in the footsteps of alcohol, clothing, and banking industries, jumping …
Read More »Vicente Zambada Niebla, Son of El Chapo Cartel Partner El Mayo, Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
Vicente Zambada Niebla, the son of one of Mexico’s most powerful drug lords, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday morning, but could be a free man in as little as five years. Zambada, 44, appeared contrite in Chicago federal court as he begged for forgiveness for the …
Read More »Undoing the Damage of the Drug War
A criminal record, even for something as seemingly minor as weed possession, can serve as a lifelong stain, preventing someone from getting a job, a house, an education, or a loan. A few states, in legalizing marijuana, have attempted to rectify the great disparity between the wealthy white men now …
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