Whoops. BlizzCon has been cancelled for 2024, just one year after going back to in-person events following the COVID-19 pandemic. “After careful consideration over the last year, we at Blizzard have made the decision not to hold BlizzCon in 2024,” reads a statement from Activision Blizzard. “This decision was not made lightly as BlizzCon remains a very special event for all of us, and we know many of you look forward to it. While we’re approaching this year differently and as we have explored...
Joan Walsh The new group EducateUS is creating a counter-movement to the conservative groups stoking a culture war over sexuality education.
New York City is suffering a retail catastrophe, with 11.2% of storefronts empty — nearly twice the 6% of 2019.
The lawsuit, which alleged that internet shutdowns imposed by Senegalese President Macky Sall last summer violated the right to freedom of expression and journalists' right to work, preceded Sall's electoral loss in March.
A California Christian club is fighting to put their cross back on display after city officials used eminent domain to remove it while citing complaints of it being "reminiscent of KKK cross-burnings" and offensive to "diverse communities."
A gay actor’s speech that was canceled over his “lifestyle” is back on at a Pennsylvania school after residents spoke out.
Wednesday climbed out of the bottom three for the first time since Röhl’s arrival over the weekend, beating Blackburn Rovers 3-1 at Ewood Park to give themselves a real shot of staving off the drop and another season in League One. The German has overseen a remarkable turnaround after the Owls’ worst ever start to a season, and McCoist believes that he’s ‘transformed’ the team during his spell in charge. "What a story that is at Sheffield Wednesday!" McCoist said, as quoted by Football League...
In a referendum, Ecuadoreans voted in favour of allowing the military to
A bill that could ban TikTok has passed both chambers of Congress and now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk, where it will likely be signed into law. The bill, if signed, would require TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app or it would be banned in the United States. TikTok has confirmed […]
Attorneys for the family of a 34-year-old homeless man who they say was fatally shot by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies while on his knees have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the county. Lawyers allege in the lawsuit that deputies used excessive force when they shot Arturo Cernas four times in the back outside a gas station in Carson. The lawsuit also says the deputies failed to render aid immediately and failed to use proper tactics to de-escalate the situation. Attorneys for the...
Fiorentina has mounted a second half comeback to draw with Genoa 1-1 at
Last November, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the most powerful pro-Israel lobbying group in Washington, announced a $100 million effort to unseat members of Congress who vocally supported calls for a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza. AIPAC and its allies have flooded the spring and summer primaries of Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman, and […]