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Lauren Tamaki Nancy Mace was on a mission to find a gun that would fit inside her purse. It was the first Friday in March, and we’d come to a shooting range in North Charleston to try out the Sig Sauer P365. She strode to a shooting lane, her high-heeled …

After longtime calls to do so, the Cleveland Indians are changing their name. Known as the Indians since 1915, the ballclub announced via a video posted to their Twitter account on Friday (July 23) that they’re changing their name to the Guardians. Narrated by Tom Hanks, the announcement ends months …

Frontier Airlines has come under fire by an Aurora, Colorado, woman accused of being a sex trafficker by the budget airline carrier. According to Denver 7 News, Lakeyjanay Bailey, a Black woman, traveled with her four-year-old adopted sister from Colorado to Texas when they were stopped by the authorities inside …

In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, supporters loyal to then-President Donald Trump, try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington.Photo: Julio Cortez (AP) You’d be hard pressed to find a group of people more excited to incriminate themselves everyone that ran up into the U.S. …

Each installment of “The Friendship Files” features a conversation between The Atlantic’s Julie Beck and two or more friends, exploring the history and significance of their relationship. This week she talks with two friends who were both diagnosed with the same cancer—acute myeloid leukemia—one right after the other. They discuss …

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When was the last time you bought a product because you got enticed (and targeted) by an Instagram ad? Probably yesterday—and you’re not the only one. Whether you would like to admit it or not, it’s easy to fall trap to social media ads, which just proves that they do …

Photo: Larry Salzman (AP) Of all of the groundbreaking skits that marked the too-brief run of Chappelle’s Show, undoubtedly in everyone’s Top 5 is the “Charlie Murphy True Hollywood Story” (RIP, King) in which the late comedian recalls a basketball face-off with Prince and his entourage at Paisley Park. Memorably, …

Trish Perry organizes weekly outreach for homeless populations in Newark, Ohio. (William Widmer / Redux) On a street corner in Newark, Ohio, every Saturday, rain or shine, Trish Perry distributes harm-reduction supplies—syringes, Neosporin, saline, and the overdose-reversal drug naloxone—to people who use drugs. She also provides food, clothing, tents, and …

Things have been rocky between singer Chris Sails and his ex-wife Queen Naija especially since her current husband, Clarence White came into the picture. The two have taken to social media to air out their grievances with one another, however one party is attempting to put the past behind them. …