When Keith Gill—aka Roaring Kitty—burst onto the GameStop scene over three years ago to lead an army of Reddit users against hedge fund billionaires on Wall Street, the captivating underdog story left audiences wanting more. Eight months after his story was immortalized on the silver screen, his sudden return now threatens to play out like […]
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Anthony Fauci on contradicting Trump, combating COVID and becoming a hero − and a villain
WASHINGTON − Anthony Fauci has not lived the life he expected. A boy from Brooklyn, the son of a pharmacist whose family lived above the store, he was drawn to medical school after his hoop dreams ended at Regis High School, courtesy of his 5’7″ height. He became an immunologist and then director of the […]
At bribery trial, ex-US official casts Sen. Bob Menendez as a villain in Egyptian meat controversy
NEW YORK (AP) — A former top U.S. agricultural official cast Sen. Bob Menendez as a villain at his bribery trial Friday, saying he tried to stop him from disrupting an unusual sudden monopoly that developed five years ago over the certification of meat exported to Egypt. A Manhattan federal court jury heard the official, […]
Trump lawyer grills Michael Cohen on insulting ex-president as a ‘Cheeto-dusted cartoon villain’
Donald Trump’s lead attorney Todd Blanche began his cross-examination of Michael Cohen Tuesday. Blanche came out of the gate swinging, questioning Cohen about social media posts bashing Trump. “You referred to President Trump as a ‘dictator douchebag,’ didn’t you?” Blanche demanded of Cohen. Donald Trump’s lead attorney Todd Blanche came out of the gate swinging […]
Trump lawyer grills Michael Cohen on insulting ex-president as a ‘Cheeto-dusted cartoon villain’
Donald Trump’s lead attorney Todd Blanche began his cross-examination of Michael Cohen Tuesday. Blanche came out of the gate swinging, questioning Cohen about social media posts bashing Trump. “You referred to President Trump as a ‘dictator douchebag,’ didn’t you?” Blanche demanded of Cohen. Donald Trump’s lead attorney Todd Blanche came out of the gate swinging […]
I’m a student who was arrested at a Columbia protest. I am not a hero, nor am I a villain.
Tuesday night, two dozen Columbia University students linked arms in front of the student-occupied Hamilton Hall at dusk. I was one of them. We sang with broken yet mighty voices, “Your people are my people, your people are mine; your people are my people, our struggles align.” We were a group of activists of differing […]
‘Ghostly’ creature — named after Harry Potter villain — discovered underground. See it
In the world underneath the desert landscape of Western Australia, a small, pale creature crawls around in the dark on the hunt for its next meal. While the surface reaches temperatures of more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit on summer days, the dark underbelly of the landscape allows life to flourish. The “ghostly” predator, with a […]
As we were warned, the villain Trump has returned. The news cycle proves it
Three years ago, I honestly hoped I would never have to write, or even think much, about Donald Trump ever again. Three years ago, the then-still-sitting president made his despotic intentions clear to the world by sending a mob, in which many were armed, to the Capitol to prevent the ratification of a fair and […]