Culture

At its “Show Time” media event in Cupertino, California on Monday, Apple announced its long-rumored news and magazine subscription service, called Apple News+. Apple News+ will exist as a tab within the free-by-default Apple News service, and offer unlimited access to stories from various paywalled magazines, newspapers and digital news …

Since May 2018, convicted murderer Samuel Little, 78, has confessed to killing more than 90 women in at least 16 states between 1970 and 2005, making him one of the most prolific — and previously unknown — serial killers in history. So far, the FBI has been able to link …

A fake university was helping immigrants stay in the U.S. on student visas — until it was revealed to be an elaborate sting operation run by undercover ICE agents. The website for the University of Farmington has been taken down and replaced with an official notice stating “The University of …

Many existing crime podcasts center on white, female, middle- or upper-class victims, ignoring a vast population of victims of color (black women, for example, disproportionately experience all kinds of violence). CBC’s investigative podcast, Finding Cleo, is a powerful departure from that norm, using the story of a little girl named Cleopatra Semaganis Nicotine, who …

Three years after its recreational cannabis law went into effect, Oregon is experiencing a growing glut in its marijuana supply, driving down prices and putting many of the industry’s licensed growers and retailers on precariously thin ice. While the state has raked in tens of millions of dollars in tax …

The search for a suspect in the apparently random murder of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes in Houston is intensifying, with a $100,000 reward raised with the help of writer and activist Shaun King and civil rights lawyer Lee Merritt for any information leading to an arrest. Barnes was killed early Sunday …

When he’s not hosting his late night show, Conan O’Brien likes riding his mountain bike through the Hollywood Hills. He was recently peddling up a hill when he spotted a group of teenage BMX bikers doing tricks. He paused to let them pass, but they stopped after spotting O’Brien. “They’re …

Earlier this month, a daunting U.N. report laid out in no uncertain terms that humans need to drastically change the way we live, and fast, to avoid a major crisis — without a massive shift, more extreme weather, unlivable conditions, increased poverty and food scarcity are all in our not-too-distant …

Jon Batiste, the jazz and R&B multi-instrumentalist who heads up the band on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, has begun work on a stage musical about the life of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. He will write the as-yet-untitled show’s music and lyrics, with John Doyle, who won a Tony for …

It’s no secret that Janet Jackson paid a steep price when her 2004 Super Bowl Halftime Show performance alongside newly solo Justin Timberlake concluded with a “wardrobe malfunction” on live television. The half-million dollar fine imposed by the FCC was a slap on the wrist, but the damage inflicted on …