World’s Most Negative Place Expands Tipping Policy

Twitter Tips is now available for everyone.

Roger Michell, Director of Notting Hill, Dead at 65

He also helmed the BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion.

Special Envoy to Haiti Quits Over Treatment of Migrants

Daniel Foote cited “inhumane” U.S. deportation policy as a reason for his departure.

FDA Approves Pfizer Boosters For Seniors and Those at High Risk

Boosters will be made available for those over 65, health care workers, teachers, and others who already received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine.

Susan Collins Reminds Us She Is Hardly a Moderate

By hedging her bets on abortion, and endorsing a return to power by Paul LePage, Collins makes it clear her independence only goes so far.

Godfather of Black Cinema Melvin Van Peebles Has Died

The writer, director, and Baadasssss was 89.

A 12th Person Has Died in NYC Jails This Year

Three detainees have died in two weeks, and all but one in 2021 were being held on Rikers Island.

Britney Spears Wants Her Conservatorship Over by Fall

She is also requesting that her father, Jamie Spears, be removed as co-conservator before it ends.

R. Kelly’s Sex-Crimes Trial Comes to a Messy Close

The defense rested on Wednesday afternoon after hours of bizarre testimony that came in fits and starts over the course of three days.

Willie Garson, Sex and the City and White Collar Star, Dead at 57

He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer.