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Wtf
wtf
Sept. 9, 2020
There’s a New Rachel Dolezal
Jessica Krug has stepped down from her job as an associate history professor after admitting that she pretended to be Black.
By
Claire Lampen
wtf
Feb. 19, 2017
Report: Trump’s Lawyer Involved With Secret Plan to Lift Russian Sanctions
The other two people involved with the plan were a pro-Putin Ukrainian lawmaker and a Trump business associate with links to the mafia.
By
Chas Danner
WTF
July 30, 2016
Trump Responds to, and Brushes Off, Speech By Muslim Father of Fallen War Hero
Trump also wondered if the Clinton campaign wrote Khizr Khan’s speech, and suggested his wife wasn’t allowed to speak because of their Muslim faith.
By
Chas Danner
Jan. 10, 2016
Meeting With Sean Penn May Have Led to El Chapo’s Arrest
When a map to the stars leads you back to prison instead.
By
Chas Danner
wtf
Sept. 1, 2015
New Jersey Day-Care Staff Accused of Running a Fight Club
Two women have been charged with child abuse after being accused of instigating fights among 4- to 6-year-old kids.
By
Chas Danner
wtf
Aug. 23, 2015
Boston Police Arrest Two Men After Pokémon Championship Threat
They were arrested on firearm-related charges after suggesting they would “kill the competition” at the Pokémon World Championship.
By
Chas Danner
wtf
June 9, 2015
Army Doctor Suspended for Human Experiments
“It’s like a diabolical mad scientist at work in a horror movie.”
By
Jessica Roy
wtf
June 3, 2015
Upper East Side Middle-Schoolers Debate Killing and Eating the Class Pet
Interesting homework assignment you’ve got there.
By
Jessica Roy
May 28, 2015
Chicago Cops Staged a Photograph Where a Black Man Was Posed As a Hunted Animal
One cop is already in jail and the other was fired over the image. Mayor Rahm Emanuel says “good riddance.”
By
Chas Danner
wtf
May 21, 2015
Stuffed Owl Makes Surprisingly Bad Lawyer
Should’ve gone with a live owl.
By
Jessica Roy
wtf
May 6, 2015
3,000-Year-Old Fake Police Department Not Exactly Doing a Great Job
An aide to California Attorney General Kamala Harris was arrested for running a fake police force.
By
Jessica Roy
wtf
Jan. 14, 2015
NASCAR Driver Claims His Ex-Girlfriend Is a Trained Assassin
Probably not the worst thing you could call an ex.
By
Jessica Roy
bad teacher
Oct. 29, 2014
N.J. Teacher Sacked for Mocking Student’s Name
On social media.
By
Katie Zavadski
wtf
Oct. 1, 2014
Total Psycho Breaks Into a Farm and Kills Over 900 Chickens With a Golf Club
Somebody has anger issues.
By
Jessica Roy
wtf
Sept. 29, 2014
Man Claims He Fired Gun at Neighbor’s House to Unload It
That’s one way to do it.
By
Katie Zavadski
dirty old men
Sept. 22, 2014
And the Senator Who Called Kirsten Gillibrand Chubby Is …
Not one of the usual suspects.
By
Katie Zavadski
Sept. 19, 2014
A Middle School in Alabama Used a 14-Year-Old to Bait an Alleged Rapist
It did not end well.
By
Katie Zavadski
wtf
Sept. 19, 2014
Iranian Hipsters Behind ‘Happy in Tehran’ Sentenced for ‘Pornographic’ Video
Punished for dancing.
By
Katie Zavadski
casual racism
Sept. 4, 2014
12-Year-Old Put in Stop-&-Frisk Pose As a ‘Joke’
In case you couldn’t guess, the guard was white, and the child wasn’t.
By
Katie Zavadski
great moments in cable news
June 26, 2014
The Most Insane Nancy Grace Moment of All Time
Watch the cable news host inform a Detroit man his missing son was found in his basement, live on TV.
By
Joe Coscarelli
kids today
Apr. 17, 2014
Long Island Teens Thought Confederate Flag, Blackface Were Somehow Acceptable
Four students at a Catholic high school have been expelled.
By
Joe Coscarelli
crazy things
Jan. 8, 2014
Insane People Used Citi Bike 6,669 Times During the Polar Vortex Yesterday
It was four degrees, remember?
By
Joe Coscarelli
scary things
Oct. 4, 2013
Man May Have Set Himself on Fire on National Mall
He was taken to the hospital by helicopter.
By
Joe Coscarelli
crimes and misdemeanors
Sept. 6, 2013
Montana Judge Barred From Do-Over in Outrageous Rape Case
What a mess.
By
Joe Coscarelli
terrorble
July 11, 2013
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Wanted to Give the World a Better Vacuum Cleaner
And loves Harry Potter.
By
Margaret Hartmann
ink-stained wretches
June 14, 2012
The New York
Times
’ War on Cursing Continues
This time they referred to “a PG-rated expletive.”
By
Joe Coscarelli
the enforcer
Jan. 10, 2011
SEC Charges Four More in Galleon Insider-Trading Case
SEC director Robert Khuzami expresses fresh outrage.
By
Jessica Pressler
loose lips
Dec. 22, 2010
Bank of America Prepares to Get WikiLeaked by Buying Up Negative Domain Names
Bad news for anyone who wanted to own BrianMoynihanSucks.com.
By
Nitasha Tiku
the future is coming
Dec. 14, 2010
Top Facebook Status in 2010 an Embarrassment for Humankind
HMU! WTF?
By
Nitasha Tiku
wtf
Sept. 22, 2010
Happy-Again Couple Stephanie Seymour and Peter Brant Shopping for Townhouses Together
They’re definitely not looking for a place in the city for Stephanie to live, far, far away from Peter.
By
Chris Rovzar
wtf
Sept. 20, 2010
Stephanie Seymour and Peter Brant Are, Amazingly, Back Together
The ugliest divorce of the year is off.
By
Jessica Pressler
testify
Aug. 9, 2010
Naomi Campbell Disappointed That Blood Diamonds Weren’t Shinier
“She was disappointed because she thought she was going to get a big, shiny diamond.”
By
Nitasha Tiku
testify
Aug. 5, 2010
Naomi Campell Tells War Tribunal She’s Unsure About the Origins of ‘Dirty Looking Stones’
Mia Farrow is also involved somehow.
By
Nitasha Tiku