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Source: Rawpixel / Getty When it comes right down to it, 4/20 is an arbitrary holiday. For those who already smoke cannabis regularly, we might as well be celebrating “Wearing Pants Day” or “Drinking Water Day.” (Happy 4H20, anybody?) Even the origin story about how 420 came to be is

Source: GIANRIGO MARLETTA / Getty Community members are grieving after eight children were killed in Shreveport early Sunday morning, April 19. The attack, a mass shooting, unfolded between two homes shortly after 6 a.m. CT, according to a press conference held by the Shreveport Police Department and spokesperson Chris Bordelon.

Source: Connecticut Post/Hearst Newspapers / Getty Alabama’s decision to restrict what families can purchase with SNAP benefits—specifically targeting candy and soda—is being framed as a step toward better health. It is not. It is a step toward greater control. And for many, it carries a familiar undertone, one rooted in

Source: Mitchell Leff / Getty New stadium. New investment. New promises. The Washington Commanders are set to return to D.C. by 2030 as part of a massive redevelopment of the RFK Stadium site along the Anacostia River. The project, valued at roughly $3.7 to $3.8 billion, includes a 65,000-seat domed

Source: Noam Galai / Getty The cover that sparked this piece was almost too perfect: Caitlyn Jenner says her passport has the wrong gender, but she is still MAGA. That is not just a contradiction. That is the whole lesson. In a recent Newsweek report on Jenner’s comments to Tomi

Source: Courtesy of Erica Adair / Erica Adair Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is representing Charles Adair’s family in a federal civil rights case against Wyandotte County, Deputy Richard Fatherley, and Wyandotte County Sheriff Daniel Soptic.  Attorneys Harry Daniels, Gabrielle Higgins, and Sue-Ann Robinson are also representing the family, according

Source: TOM NICHOLSON / Getty The ongoing war in Iran can only be described as an absolute s–tshow. The conflict was started under dubious pretenses, and President Donald Trump seemingly keeps saying the war will end within two-to-three weeks every two to three weeks. There is some slight hope on

Source: When news broke that former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot and killed his wife, Dr. Cerina Fairfax, before killing himself, the facts were immediate and devastating. A woman was murdered in her home, and two children were left to live with the aftermath. But within hours, something else

Source: RUSLANAS BARANAUSKAS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty – Shigella bacteria. What is Shigella infection? It’s the question at the top of people’s minds following a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warning of an increase in cases tied to the bacteria. Here’s what we know about

Source: Nicholas Shkoda / Getty One of the inherent horrors of our digital age is that it is so much easier for cruel men to find like-minded people. The internet has understandably been horrified by an investigation from CNN into what’s been labeled an “online rape academy.”  Here’s everything we