Cops: Brooklyn Family Made Millions of Dollars—and Memories!—Selling Heroin...
Can you quantify the power of familial love? For one Williamsburg family, yeah—cops have assessed it at approximately $1.5 million a year in heroin sales, totally tax-free.That’s all according to a...
View Article500 Days of Kristin, Day 235: Kristin Made it More High-End
As Kristin Cavallari will tell you, tonight marks Kristin Cavallari’s third appearance at New York Fashion Week. She is hosting a party for the Kristin Cavallari for Chinese Laundry shoe line, of...
View ArticleHow To Eat At A Fancy Restaurant
At some point in your life, you’ll have to eat at a dining establishment where there are more forks on your table then there are ties in your closet. It’s a daunting prospect, but just roll with it....
View ArticleA New York City Commuter PSA: Follow @NYCTSubway, not @MTA
Are you, fellow New York commuter, following the correct New York Subway social media account? The answer may surprise you.Earlier this week, one of my Gawker colleagues was delayed coming into the...
View ArticleWhat El Niño Could Mean for Winter Weather in the United States
Are you ready for winter? There’s a chance of snow in the mountains of Wyoming today, and before you know it, everyone everywhere will start grumbling about the cold. The big question on everyone’s...
View ArticleJPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, who was paid $20 million last year, acknowledged...
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, who was paid $20 million last year, acknowledged today that “income inequality has kind of gotten worse” in the past 20 years, but said that inequality is mitigated by the...
View ArticleJoe Biden Is "100%" Running For President, Says Advisor Talking Too Loudly on...
Everybody hates the guy on Amtrak who talks too loudly—I assume, because I’ve never ridden Amtrak, but it seems like something people complain about. But what if that guy is a close advisor of a...
View ArticleAll The Questionable Statements On Defense From Last Night's GOP Debate
The second Republican presidential debate was a very long and chaotic affair. Foreign policy and the military were hot topics this round and everyone wanted to chime in. Although much of the discussion...
View ArticleYoung Child Inspired to Ditch His Prosthetic Eye by One-Eyed Rapper Fetty Wap
Here is a wonderful story about the power of America’s most maligned art form: rap music. According to the mother of a young Colorado boy, her son has been inspired to go out in the world without his...
View ArticleCops Remove 3,714 "Bladed Weapons" From Wacky Sword Lady's Mobile Home
Swords: Extremely cool. More swords: Even cooler. 3,174 swords: Uh, maybe scale it back a little, actually?After arresting a Florida woman on several outstanding warrants this week, authorities say...
View ArticleKid Leaves Stealth Poop on Supermarket Floor, Nonchalantly Walks Away
A CCTV video that landed on LiveLeak earlier this week shows a small child deploying a stealthy poop in the middle of a supermarket aisle, allegedly somewhere in Russia. To watch the boy leave what the...
View ArticleFBI Arrests Friend of Alleged Charleston Church Shooter Dylann Roof
Citing unnamed officials, The Post and Courier reports that federal agents have arrested 21-year-old Joseph Meek, Jr., the South Carolina man who Dylann Roof briefly lived with before allegedly killing...
View ArticleAccording to Reuters, 11 people were killed and 1 million more were displaced...
According to Reuters, 11 people were killed and 1 million more were displaced by the 8.3-magnitude earthquake that shook Chile on Wednesday. “We lost it all. It was horrible,” said a woman whose town...
View Article24 Students at Virginia High School Suspended for Wearing the Confederate Flag
24 students at a southwestern Virginia high school were suspended Thursday for wearing clothing displaying the Confederate flag in protest of school policy. Christiansburg High School banned the symbol...
View ArticleVideo: Four California Cops Slam Crying Black Teen to Ground for Jaywalking
On Tuesday, a Facebook user in Stockton, California uploaded a disturbing viral video showing a large group of police officers violently forcing a 16-year-old student to the ground. The teen’s alleged...
View ArticleCosby Accuser Joan Tarshis Says She Was Recently Spit On and Called a Liar
Joan Tarshis, one of 50+ women who have publicly accused Bill Cosby of rape, discussed some of the consequences of coming forward with her story on A&E’s Cosby: The Women Speak special, which aired...
View ArticleKate Middleton Debuts Royal Bangs
Kate Middleton has bangs, you guys. And they’re all over the place. Royals, they’re just like us. Minus that £1,245 Ralph Lauren shirtdress.The 33-year-old showed off her new bangs while visiting the...
View ArticleDonald Trump Didn’t Technically Call President Obama A Muslim
Thursday evening in New Hampshire, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump didn’t bother to correct an audience member who called President Obama a Muslim, The Washington Post reports. From The...
View ArticleSeal Proudly Rides Humpback Whale
While in America humans talked shit about other humans, down in Australia a seal proudly rode a humpback whale. According to the BBC, animal experts say that witnessing such a partnership is rare....
View ArticleTarget, Which Hates Unions, Gets Its First Union
A tiny group of Target employees in Brooklyn have pulled off what no Target employees ever have before: they’ve formed a union. http://gawker.com/targets-unoffi...Target has been around for more than...
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