Happy hump day! Here’s some weird, wacky Wednesday news to relieve your mid-week malaise. On Tuesday, The Anti-Defamation League declared Pepe the frog as a hate symbol. The popular meme started off innocently enough, but recent usage by white supremacists and anti-Semitics have tarnished the image’s reputation. Love it or hate it, it’s RIP Pepe. (TIME) The first-ever baby […]

Broken The latest iteration of a ceasefire to the Syrian conflict fell apart, again, this week. After “accidental” bombings by the American Air Force, a successful thrust at ISIS’ last major position in Iraq, and the alleged use of chemical weapons, this oft-troubled region is sinking back into despair. (NBC) Restored Yesterday, the National Museum […]

The CEO of Snapchat is releasing a pair of sunglasses that record video from the perspective of the person wearing them. The glasses (called “Spectacles”) will be available next fall in black, teal, or coral. (Wall Street Journal) Former Presidential candidate Ted Cruz has announced his support for Donald Trump. He failed to mention the […]

While we at Columbia have been pretty quiet about the Chelsea explosion, the country is still struggling to find out why and how. Yesterday, the main suspect’s father claimed that he had reported his son to the FBI two years ago. (New York Post) The Hillary Clinton Email Extravaganza continues to have its secrets revealed. Some pretty […]

Kate McKinnon CC ’06 won the Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on Saturday Night Live on Sunday night. (Entertainment Weekly) Yesterday, police apprehended the man believed to be responsible for the explosions in Manhattan and New Jersey this past weekend. (New York Times) Amal Clooney spoke at the United Nations […]

The Emmy Awards were last night, and while Game of Thrones and SNL took home awards, Lemonade did not, so what’s the point? Regardless, the biggest disappointment of the night was the quality of the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, which sucked according to Gerrick D. Kennedy. (LA Times) Watch Bill De Blasio answer why Citi Bike stations […]

29 people were injured by a seemingly intentional explosion last night around 9 pm in Chelsea. This came hours after a pipe bomb exploded in Seaside Park, New Jersey yesterday morning along the path of a 5K race. The device was set to go off via timer, but the race had been delayed due to registration […]

The internet access of thousands of LinkNYC kiosks installed in the city last winter (intended to provide New Yorkers with a place to check the map or the weather, make a phone call, or charge their phones) will soon be switched off. People have been taking advantage of the kiosks to play loud music, consume drugs, and watch […]

A “career criminal” with a meat cleaver was shot yesterday in Midtown by NYPD members after they confronted him and strapped a boot to his car, causing him to go into a “blind rage.” (NY Daily News) Shawn Carter, also known as Jay-Z, narrated a short film, released yesterday, for the New York Times on […]

Russian roulette: A Russian hacking group stole confidential medical information about American Olympic athletes and published the information online, according to the World Anti-Doping Agency. Simone Biles and the Williams sisters were among the victims. (CBS Sports) After his Monday night performance on Dancing with the Stars, swimmer/fibber Ryan Lochte couldn’t fox trot away from […]

A sunken ship called the HMS Terror was discovered in the Arctic, roughly 168 years after its shipwreck. Apparently, its voyage (with the ultimate goal of finding the Northwest Passage) was doomed from the start–probably because the Northwest Passage doesn’t exist. We suggest you name your ships a little better next time, @British Royal Navy. […]

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia Sunday afternoon after stumbling out of a 9/11 memorial event in the morning. We can’t wait to hear what Trump has to say about this. He’ll probably blame it on menstruation. (CNN) Carnegie Deli is offering a giant sandwich for free to models in New York Fashion Week […]

Floating Hanjin Shipping, a South Korean container and shipping lines, officially went bankrupt on August 31st. As of today, 14.5 billion dollars worth of goods remains floating around the world’s seas, and 66 of Hanjin’s container ships cannot enter into most ports. What will happen to these goods and Hanjin is still being hashed out. […]

Apple announced big changes for the iPhone 7 and 7s, (available for order today), including water resistance, two cameras, a new color (blacker than the original black), and complete removal of the headphone jack, so that we can all lose our wireless earbuds by like yesterday probably. (Tech Insider) Hiddleswift has called it quits, just like […]

Now that NFL Season is upon us, Americans – players and fans alike – are revealing their weird superstitions and rituals. At the top of the list? Sex in front of the television. (CNN) VP hopeful Mike Pence has officially expressed his approval of Putin, announcing that he thinks the Russian President is “a stronger leader” than Obama. […]