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In July, Megan Thee Stallion was shot twice in the foot while in L.A.’s Hollywood Hills. TMZ reported that Megan was in an SUV with singer-rapper Tory Lanez when the shooting occurred. In the aftermath of the incident the Houston rapper avoided naming her assailant or getting into specifics surrounding …

Kamala Harris on Wednesday night became the first woman of color to accept a major party’s vice presidential nomination, closing out the third night of the Democratic National Convention with a powerful speech in which she traced the legacy of the black women who paved her way, and told her …

Rory Gallagher and Jerry Lee Lewis rip through a previously unreleased cover of the Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” which will appear on the upcoming compilation, The Best of Rory Gallagher, out October 9th via UMe. Gallagher and Lewis’ version of “Satisfaction” is an alternate outtake from their …

Pose’s Billy Porter closed out night one of the Democratic National Convention Monday with a performance of his take on Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth” — accompanied by original songwriter Stephen Stills. As the DNC was virtual this year in light of the pandemic, the performance took the form …

Taylor Swift slammed Donald Trump’s attempts to tamper with the U.S. Postal Service — and with it, their ability to handle mail-in voting amid the coronavirus pandemic — in a series of tweets Saturday. “Trump’s calculated dismantling of USPS proves one thing clearly: He is WELL AWARE that we do …

The word “badass” gets tossed around a lot. But MJ Hegar, a 44-year-old Texas Democrat who is running to unseat three-term Republican Sen. John Cornyn, has actually earned the tag. After she went to the University of Texas in Austin, where she spent more than a few late nights blasting …

In May, the R&B singer Anthony Hamilton released “Back Together,” a head-nodding single built around a sample of Rick James‘ and Teena Marie‘s towering ballad “Fire and Desire.” This month, Hamilton transformed the forceful original into a whispered lament with a new “Quiet Storm mix” that’s expressly designed to win …

This article was originally published by Grist and is republished here as part of an ongoing collaboration. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has picked Senator Kamala Harris of California to be his running mate. Harris beat out a long list of qualified women for the spot — Senator Elizabeth …

WASHINGTON — A few weeks ago, more than 2,000 election officials from across the country participated in a virtual-training program known as a table-top exercise. Organized by the Department of Homeland Security, the training brought home the many obstacles facing state and local election officials in this pandemic year. Election …

Hilary Swank plays an astronaut on the first mission to Mars in the new trailer for Away, set to premiere September 4th on Netflix. The show will mix tense outer space adventure and fraught family drama, as Swank’s character, Emma Green, grapples with the decision to embark on a three-year …